TAKING VOTES.
ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH THIRTEEN.
AND SINCE WE ARE ACTUALLY IN A
VOTE ON THOSE EYES THERE'S
ANYONE HERE.
THAT WANTS TO SPEAK.
ON THIS.
BRING FINANCE LETTERS ITEM
NUMBER ONE. I'LL TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT RIGHT NOW THERE'S
ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC.
WHO WANTS TO CON TALKS ABOUT?
ITEM.
ONE.
SHEEN NO RUSH OF.
WORD ON.
BIPARTISAN ROUTINE CLEAN UP
LANGUAGE I AM GOING TO.
LOW'S THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM
ONE.
AND GIVE.
SENATOR JACKSON.
THAT WE CALL OUR OFFICE.
CLOSELY COULD.
YEAH I KNOW SO.
YEAH WE'RE GONNA WHILE I'M A
COMMOTION BURGER TO MOVE ITEM
ONE WE'VE ITEMS ONE THROUGH
THIRTEEN.
AND WILL HOLD IT OPEN AND LET
HER AT ON VARIOUS.
I WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TAKE
THE ROLE.
SENATE PORTANTINO AYE SENATOR
MARLA. ENERGY.
THERE SENATOR JACKSON ITEMS ONE
THROUGH THIRTEEN.
I I I.
THANK YOU WE WERE GONNA HOLD THE
ROLE OPEN FOR YOU.
ALRIGHT SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO
GO INTO.
ITEM NUMBER TWO WHICH IS ON THE
HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE
CURRICULUM A RESOURCES IT'S
INFORMATION ONLY IF WE CAN HAVE
OUR SPEAKERS COME ON UP.
FRANK'S HERE ROCK SOUNDS HERE
NOR IS HERE.
.
DEAN CAIN WHO IS THE ACTOR AND
ACTIVIST AND PRODUCER OF THE.
MOVIE ARCHITECTS A DENIAL WAS
DETAINED TODAY SO.
MISSISSIPPI ON IS GOING TO READ
A STATEMENT FROM HIM AFTER YOU
GUY SPEAK.
I LIKE TO SAY SUPERMAN DIDN'T
MAKE IT BUT THE SUPER WOMEN DEAD
SO AND THAT THAT WAS THE PRO
TEM'S COMMENT ON THE FLOOR OF
THE. SENATE TODAY AND I THINK IT
WAS APPROPRIATE SO. WITH THAT.
.
I GUESS FRANK YOU'RE GONNA DO AN
OVERVIEW FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO
INTO ROCKS ON. AND THEN NORA AND
THEN DEAN STATEMENT SO THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
HERE TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT
THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON. IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT EDUCATION WHAT DO
LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF
THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF SO AND IN
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. THE STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED AND
ADOPTED THE HISTORY SOCIAL
SCIENCE FRAMEWORK WHICH WAS A. A
HUGE EFFORT TO REALLY RE FRAME
HOW WE EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS IN
CALIFORNIA AROUND HISTORY SOCIAL
SCIENCE.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT WAS
ADOPTED WE PARTICIPATED WITH THE
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
WE IN A SERIES OF ROLLOUT
SESSIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND I
JUST FINISHED NUMBER FIFTEEN
THIS PAST WEEK IN RIVERSIDE. A
WE HAVE THREE MORE TO GO US OVER
THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF A WE
HAVE BEEN. GOING OUT ACROSS
ACROSS THE STATE TO BETTER
ORIENT TEACHERS ADMINISTRATORS
AND OTHERS ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK
SO GIVING BITS AND PIECES OF THE
FRAMEWORK HAVING BREAKOUT
SESSIONS. ON THE DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS WITHIN THE NEW
FRAMEWORK.
THIS FRAMEWORK EXCUSE ME THIS
FRAMEWORK IS IS REALLY MET AS A
GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS AS THEY
TEACH TO CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY
SOCIAL SCIENCE STANDARDS.
WHERE THE CONTENT STANDARDS FOR
THE WHAT IF HISTORY SOCIAL
SCIENCE INSTRUCTION THE
FRAMEWORK REALLY IS THE HOW?
THE FRAMEWORK REPRESENTS FOR
MAJOR SHIPS IN HISTORY SOCIAL
SCIENCE INSTRUCTION.
AN EXPANDED CONTENT THAT
REFLECTS THE LATEST IN
HISTORICAL RESEARCH.
A FOCUS ON INQUIRY AS A MEANS TO
ENGAGE WITH THE CONTENT.
EMPHASIS ON BUILDING STUDENTS
LITERACY SKILLS WITHIN THE
CONTENT.
AND FINALLY A GREATER DISCUSSION
ON CITIZENSHIP
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITIZEN
RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES OF
CITIZENS AND BEING ABLE TO TELL
THE STORY OF CITIZENS WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN HISTORICALLY TOLD.
ENCOMPASSING ALL GRADE LEVELS
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH
GRADE AND EVERY DISCIPLINE
WITHIN SOCIAL SCIENCE THIS FREE
WORKERS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE
DOCUMENT.
OUR TASK
THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION HAS BEEN TO ESTABLISH
A STATE WIDE AND REGIONAL SYSTEM
OF SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS AROUND
THE FRAMEWORK.
SO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION SACRAMENTO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT EDUCATION IS
DEVELOPING A STATEWIDE AND
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
TO SUPPORT TEACHERS
ADMINISTRATORS AS THEY IMPLEMENT
THE NEW HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE
FRAMEWORK.
FOR US THE INQUIRY PROCESS IS AT
THE CORE OF THIS APPROACH TO
IMPLEMENTING THE FRAMEWORK.
THIS PROCESS IS ALIGNED WITH THE
FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS THE COLLEGE
CAREER AND CIVIC LIFE FREE WORK
YOU MIGHT KNOW AS THE SEA THREE
FRAMEWORK. WHICH IS A NATIONAL
FRAMEWORK IT WAS CREATED BY THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL
STUDIES AND HEAVILY REFERENCED
WITHIN OUR CALIFORNIA FRAMEWORK.
AND IT TASK STUDENTS WITH
EXAMINING A TOPIC OR CONCEPT
FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES.
MAKING CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE
TOPIC OR CONCEPT BASED ON THE
RESEARCH AND REFLECTION.
AND FINALLY COMMUNICATING THEIR
CONCLUSIONS A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AT ITS CORE THE INQUIRY PROCESS
ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS TO LEAVE
THEIR LEARNING OF HISTORY. AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND GAIN SKILLS
ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER
SUBJECT AREAS AS WELL IT'S
BECAUSE AS COLLEGE CAREER IN
CIVIC LIFE.
SO WITH IN AB NINETY SEVEN THE
THE THE BILL THAT ESTABLISHED TO
BE THETEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR
HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE AND
HEALTH WHICH.
DEPARTMENT EDUCATION HAS SPLIT
THAT'S ALL FIVE MILLION FOR EACH
IS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE AND
HEALTH.
SEVERAL TOPICS RIGHT IN A FIGHT.
AND THESE TOPICS WERE IDENTIFIED
FOR SPECIFIC RESOURCES TO B.
DEVELOPED AT THE APPROPRIATE
GRADE LEVELS.
SO THOSE ARE THE BRACERO
PROGRAM.
FILIPINO AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE FARM LABOR MOVEMENT.
CIVIC EDUCATION CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT.
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL AND
TRANSGENDER CONTRIBUTIONS TO
HISTORY AND THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE.
THROWING OUR COUNTY OFFICE WILL
DEVELOP SPECIFIC RESOURCES FOR
THE SPECIALIZED TOPIC AREAS.
THESE RESOURCES WILL INCLUDE
ONLINE PRINT MATERIALS AND
VIDEOS FOR EDUCATORS AT THE
APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVELS THAT
ARE REFERENCED IN THE FRAMEWORK.
ORGANIZATIONS OF EXPERTISE IN
THE TOPIC AREAS WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE
RESOURCES.
ALL RESOURCES DEVELOP WILL
INFORM TEACHING PRACTICE AND
WILL BE EASILY INCORPORATED INTO
THE CLASSROOM CONTEXT.
WITH A FOCUS ON STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT AN INQUIRY THESE
RESOURCES WILL CONVEY THE
HISTORIC APART IMPORTANCE OF A
TOPIC AS WELL AS MAKE THE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN. THE TOPICS
AND OF THE HISTORICAL ASPECT AND
THE STUDENTS LIVES AND CURRENT
CONTEXT WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
ESTABLISH AT THE LOCAL REGIONAL
LEVEL WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL
CONTENT EXPERTS TO INCORPORATE
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT ARE
RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY'S
LOCAL MEETS.
THROUGH THE REGIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE THAT'S
BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE
CALIFORNIA COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENTS.
SERVICES THAT ASSOCIATION OR
SUCCESS OUT.
TRADERS FROM COUNTY OFFICES OF
EDUCATION AND OTHER STATE WHAT
PARTNERS WILL BE TRAINED. IN AN
INQUIRY BASED APPROACH TO
TEACHING AND LEARNING.
THEY WILL IN TURN DEVELOP AND
FACILITATE COMMUNITIES OF
PRACTICE OF TEACHERS PER
PROFESSIONALS ADMINISTRATORS AT
THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS.
THE FOCUS AREAS OF THESE
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE INCLUDE
ESTABLISHING A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING AND FRAME FOR
IMPLEMENTING HIS FOR SOCIAL
SCIENCE.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON
RELEVANT TOPICS AND CONCEPTS
IT OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK AND
SHARE RESOURCES CHALLENGES AND
STRATEGIES.
AND TIME FOR LOCAL PLANNING
AROUND IMPLEMENTING THE
STRATEGIES.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITIES
OF PRACTICE AT THE STATE AND
REGIONAL LEVELS WRITTEN WILL
ENABLE US TO OFFICIALLY
DISSEMINATE. RESOURCES EXCUSE ME
TO EDUCATORS ADMINISTRATORS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN AN
EFFICIENT MANNER.
TO REITERATE A ROBUST AND
COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY APPROACH
TO TEACHING AND LEARNING IS AT
THE CORE OF OUR WORK.
THROUGH THIS PROJECT TEACHERS
AND ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE
SUPPORTED IN UTILIZING A
SYSTEMATIC INQUIRY PROCESS THAT
CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY CONTENT
AREA TO INDIVIDUALIZE THE
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT IS OUR THAT'S OUR PLAN
WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN IN THE
PROCESS OF OF PLANTING A WITH
OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP THIS
THIS I INFRASTRUCTURE. AND ARE
CONFIDENT THAT WITHIN THE NEXT.
DEFTLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK
HERE WILL BE ABLE TO ROLL THIS
OUT ACROSS THE STATE.
SEVEN TO MY COLLEAGUES TO GET A
WE BUDGETED THE TEN MILLION
DOLLARS LAST YEAR I THOUGHT WAS
APPROPRIATE. SHORT AGAIN AN
INTERIM REPORT OF HOW. AND EVEN.
MATTER PRO TEM SAID TO ME YOU
KNOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT
MONEY'S GOING TO WORK ITS
INTENDED PURPOSE SO I THOUGHT
WAS APPROPRIATE. TO GET AN
OVERVIEW SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE
OF SCHEDULING THIS TODAY SO. I'M
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM
ONE SPECIFIC GROUP. ABOUT THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OBVIOUSLY THIS
IS THE WEEK OF APRIL TWENTY
FOURTH.
AND ALSO GENOCIDE.
AWARENESS MONTH AND SO.
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND.
TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
IT. COULD.
HE NOW THANK YOU AND THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE.
THANKS FOR INVITING ME TODAY
I'M ROXANNE MUCH PASSION I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF THE GENOCIDE
EDUCATION PROJECT. JANETTE IS A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ASSISTING
EDUCATORS IN TEACHING ABOUT
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENOCIDE WITH
PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE WHICH HISTORIANS
CONSIDER AS THE PROTOTYPE FOR
THE PATTERN OF GENOCIDES THAT
FOLLOWED.
JANET'S CORNERSTONE CURRICULUM
HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENOCIDE A CASE
STUDY OF THE FIRST MODERN
GENOCIDE OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY WAS SPONSORED BY THE SAN
FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN TWO THOUSAND FIVE.
JANET HAS ALSO DEVELOPED
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON
COMPARATIVE GENOCIDES AND WE ARE
CURRENTLY PRODUCING A SERIES OF
LESSON PLANS IN WHICH STUDENTS
IDENTIFY THE COMMON STAGES AMONG
NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF TWENTIETH
AND TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
GENOCIDES.
GEN ED ALSO CONDUCTS TEACHER
TRAINING WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA AND IN OTHER STATES
IN COLLABORATION WITH STATE
LEVEL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL
STUDIES AND ITS REGIONAL
AFFILIATES INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND OTHER HOLOCAUST
AND GENOCIDE STUDIES
ORGANIZATIONS.
WITHOUT FULLY RECOGNIZING AND
INVESTIGATING THE CAUSES OF THE
MOST DESTRUCTIVE CHAPTERS IN
HISTORY THE HUMAN RACE SEEMS
DOOMED TO REPLAY THEM.
TRAGICALLY EFFORTS A GENOCIDE
WHAT SYSTEM AT WHAT'S
EUPHEMISTICALLY TERMED ETHNIC
CLEANSING AND ERADICATION OF
PEOPLE'S BASED ON RACE AND
ETHNICITY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THE
PAST AND CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.
IN THE CURRENT WORLD CLIMATE WE
SOMETIMES SEEM TO MOVE FURTHER
AND FURTHER AWAY FROM ACCEPTANCE
OF AND RESPECT OF DIFFERENT
ETHNICITIES RELIGIONS AND
CULTURES.
PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE
HOLOCAUST BUT OFTEN MISTAKENLY
SEE IT AS AN ISOLATED EVENT THE
LIKES OF WHICH HAD NEVER
HAPPENED BEFORE AND COULD NEVER
HAPPEN AGAIN.
THE REALITY IS THERE ARE MANY
OTHER EXAMPLES OF GROSS HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BASED ON RACE
AND ETHNICITY. THAT CAME BEFORE
AND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST ONLY
AFTER THE TRUE SCALE AND PERSON
PERVASIVE NATURE OF THESE ACTS
ARE TAUGHT AND LEARNED BY OUR
STUDENTS. AND THEY AND SOCIETIES
ACT TO PREVENT THEM.
SINCE THE ADVENT OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY THE ACT OF GENOCIDE
HAS TAKEN ON HORRIFIC
PROPORTIONS.
DURING THE ARCHETYPE CASE THE
ONE THAT THE INVENTOR OF THE
TERM GENOCIDE BASED THE WORD ON
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. WITHIN A
MATTER OF A FEW YEARS
APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT FIVE
MILLION ARMENIANS HALF OF THE
POPULATION LIVING ON ITS
HISTORIC HOMELAND WERE MURDERED
BY THE OTTOMAN TURKISH
GOVERNMENT.
ALL OF THEIR PERSONAL AND
COMMUNITY PROPERTIES THAT
SCHOOLS CHURCHES HOSPITALS
COMMUNITY CENTER THAT SACHA WERE
ALL CONFISCATED.
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
CALIFORNIA IS NOW HOME TO THE
LARGEST ARMENIAN AMERICAN
POPULATION OUTSIDE OF ARMENIA.
AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
DESCENDANTS OF OUR OR OF THE
THESE CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN
AMERICANS ARE DESCENDANTS OF
THOSE FEW GENOCIDE SURVIVORS.
IN CASES WHERE THE GENOCIDE
WHERE GENOCIDE IS DENIED BY ITS
PERPETRATOR THE DAMAGES
EXPONENTIALLY WORSE
HITLER'S QUOTE IN SPEAKING TO
HIS STAFF ON THE EVE OF THE*
INVASION OF POLAND. POLAND IS
PERHAPS THE QUINTESSENTIAL
ILLUSTRATION.
OF THE KILLING AND DISASTROUS
CONSEQUENCES OF GENOCIDE DENIAL
HE SAID WHO AFTER ALL SPEAKS
TODAY OF THE ANNIHILATION OF THE
ARMENIANS.
THIS QUOTE SHOWS THAT
RECOGNITION AND GENOCIDE ABOUT.
AND EDUCATION ABOUT GENOCIDE IS
ESSENTIAL DEVELOPED TO
DEVELOPING INFORMED FUTURE
GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO WILL BE
EQUIPPED TO RECOGNIZE THE
WARNING SIGNS AND THE STAGES
THAT LEAD TO ALL GENOCIDES. AND
TO STOP THEM BEFORE THE ACTUAL
KILLING STARTS.
INDEED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND
THE GENOCIDES THAT FOLLOWED HAVE
BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
CURRICULUM AND IN CALIFORNIA AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA HAS DONE A
COMMENDABLE JOB IN INCLUDING IT
IN ITS EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK AND
STANDARDS UNTIL RECENTLY.
FUNDING HADN'T BEEN APPROPRIATED
FOR THIS PURPOSE AND HAS YET TO
BE DISPERSED.
RESOURCES FOR THE CLASSROOM ARE
FEW. AND LITTLE TRAINING IS
PROVIDED WITHOUT IT MANY
EDUCATORS ARE JUSTIFIABLY
UNCOMFORTABLE TEACHING THE
SENSITIVE TOPIC.
OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE
FACT THAT EFFORTS SOMETIMES VERY
WELL FINANCE AND POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED TO DENY.
BUT CONFIRMED SCHOLARSHIP ON A
NUMBER OF MODERN ERA GENOCIDES
INCLUDING THE ARMENIAN CASE CAN
MAKE TEACHERS VERY RELUCTANT TO
TEACH ABOUT THEM. UNWITTINGLY
PERPETRATING THE DENIAL ITSELF.
THE GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT
WAS ESTABLISHED TO HELP FILL
THIS VOID.
AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE JOB WE'VE
DONE CREATING CURRICULUM AND
TRAINING TEACHERS IN SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WHERE WE CAN.
BUT WITHOUT A STRONG COMMITMENT
BY THE STATE TO INSTITUTIONALIZE
INSTRUCTION ON THIS TOPIC
SYSTEMATICALLY IN EACH AND EVERY
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN.
GEN GEN ED LOOKS FORWARD TO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE OUR WORK
WITH YOU WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND WITH THE SAN
FRANCISCO AT THE SACRAMENTO
COUNTY.
OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO MAKE
THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
TO SUM IT UP THROUGH LEARNING
ABOUT GENOCIDE THE FORCES THAT
BRING IT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP
AND PARALLELS BETWEEN THE
SPECIFIC CASES OF GENOCIDE.
STUDENTS EXPLORE ISSUES OF
PERSONAL ETHICS AND CIVIC
RESPONSIBILITY HUMAN RIGHTS AND
THE SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE
MOST EXTREME EXAMPLES OF MANSON
INHUMANITY TO MAN.
WHEN THESE ASPECTS OF HISTORY
ARE PRESENTED TO STUDENTS IN A
STRUCTURED CONSISTENT WAY ACROSS
THE STATE. THE OBLIGATIONS OF
INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FELLOW
MAN ARE EMPHASIZED.
THE ROLE OF INFORMED RESPONSIBLE
STUDENTS IN PREVENTING FUTURE
GENOCIDES SHOULD NOT BE UNDER
ESTIMATED.
FURNISHING THEM WITH THE
INFORMATION IS THE BEGINNING OF
ENDING GENOCIDE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU PORTANTINO THINK YOU
SENATORS MORE LUCK IN JACKSON.
FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR
GIVING THE TIME UP TO THIS
IMPORTANT TOPIC MY NAME IS NORA
HOPES THAT PM. AND I AM THE
CHAIR OF THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE OF AMERICA WESTERN
REGION WHICH IS THE. LARGEST OF
ADVOCATES GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION OPERATING IN THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE UNITED
STATES.
PROMOTING ISSUES IMPORTANT TO
THE ARMENIAN AMERICAN
CONSTITUENCY ONE OF WHICH OF
COURSE IS.
.
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ABOUT
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE.
I THINK.
THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME.
VERY CAREFULLY OUTLINED THE
IMPORTANCE OF GENOCIDE EDUCATION
I WANT HIM UP PERSONALIZE IT A
LITTLE BIT AND.
TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT ARMENIAN HISTORY IT'S
ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY THERE IS
A DIRECT NEXUS BETWEEN U. S.
HISTORY IN ARMENIAN HISTORY IN
DEALING WITH THE GENOCIDE. THAT
FOR WHATEVER REASON HAS NEVER
BEEN TAUGHT IN AMERICAN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OR ANY SCHOOLS.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY THE JANET
PROJECT.
WITH WHICH WE WORK VERY CLOSELY.
HAS DEVELOPED.
A CURRICULUM ABOUT THIS CHAPTER
AND IT IS A RELATED TO NEAREST
RELIEF NEAREST RELIEF WAS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY
LEGISLATED. BY CONGRESS IN
NINETEEN FIFTEEN IN RESPONSE TO
OF THE GROWING CRISIS OF
ARMENIAN ORPHANS AND REFUGEES OF
WHO HAD SURVIVED THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE.
NEAREST RELIEF AT THE TIME.
RESCUED A HUNDRED AND THIRTY
TWO THOUSAND ARMENIAN ORPHANS
FROM THE GENOCIDE ONE OF WHOM
WAS ACTUALLY MY GRANDMOTHER WHO
WAS RESCUED AND SENT TO AN
AMERICAN ORPHANAGE IN TURKEY. OF
FROM.
WHERE SHE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS
AND LEARNED ENGLISH?
LEARNED CARPET WEAVING AND THEN
ULTIMATELY MADE HER WAY THROUGH
ELLIS ISLAND TO THE UNITED
STATES AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE
TODAY.
SO OF THE NEAREST RELIEF EFFORT
WAS THE FIRST PHILANTHROPIC
EFFORT UNDERTAKEN BY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AS A WHOLE AND
VIRTUALLY EVERY AMERICAN EVERY
CITY EVERY TOWN EVERY STATE. WAS
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE NEAREST
RELIEF EFFORT. DURING A FIFTEEN
YEAR PERIOD FROM NINETEEN
FIFTEEN TO NINETEEN THIRTY THE
NEAREST RELIEF ACTUALLY RAISED A
HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS. WHICH IN TODAY'S VALUE
IS THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO POINT
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S
HUGE.
THE.
CREATED AND BUILT OVER FOUR
HUNDRED ORPHANAGES REFUGEE
CENTERS MEDICAL CLINICS
VOCATIONAL CENTERS THROUGHOUT
THE WHAT WAS THEN THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE TO DEAL WITH THIS VAST
NUMBER OF REFUGEES THESE
CHILDREN WHO WERE LEFT. ORPHANED
BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE
SLAUGHTERED.
BITE BY THE OTTOMAN TURKS.
.
SO BASICALLY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO.
CREATE THIS OF THE EARTH NOT TO
CREATE BUT REALLY TO CULTIVATE
THIS NEXUS BETWEEN AMERICAN
HISTORY AND ARMENIAN HISTORY
BECAUSE IT IS A PROUD CHAPTER AS
AN AMERICAN.
ALL WE ALL BE VERY PROUD OF THE
EFFORTS THAT OUR COUNTRY
UNDERTOOK TO RESCUE THESE
ORPHANS AYE AND THESE REFUGEES
AT THE TIME.
AND.
AND I CAN SAY PRIMARILY THAT IS
WHY THE.
ATTEMPT TO ANNIHILATE THE
ARMENIAN PEOPLE IN NINETEEN
FIFTEEN FAILED IT WAS BECAUSE OF
NEAREST RELIEF THEN BECAUSE
AMERICA STEPPED UP AND RESCUED
OF THESE ORPHANS THAT. ALL OF US
WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF AN AND
VIRTUALLY EVERY ARMENIAN IS A
DESCENDANT OF THE GENOCIDE. OF%
SURVIVOR.
.
FROM WESTERN ARMENIA THAT IS WHY
WE ARE HERE TODAY OTHERWISE WE
WOULD HAVE BEEN ANNIHILATED SO.
I JUST WANTED TO.
BRING. HELP BRING CALIFORNIA'S
POLICY IN IMPLEMENTING.
OF COURSE CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF
THE FORTY EIGHT STATES.
SO FAR THAT HASN'T OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE IT'S BEEN
AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS ISSUE
WE HAVE TO STATES LEFT TO GO
THOSE ARE MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA AND WE'RE WORKING ON
THOSE.
BUT CALIFORNIA'S ALWAYS BEEN ON
THE FOREFRONT ON THIS ISSUE AND.
RECOGNIZING THE GENOCIDE IS A
GREAT FIRST STEP BUT IT NEEDS TO
BE PUT INTO ACTION WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO TEACH.
OUR STUDENTS
THE CITIZENS OF TWO UP TOMORROW
THEIR GOING TO LEAD US INTO THE
FUTURE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS TOPIC THANK YOU.
AND I HAVE DEAN CAIN STATEMENTS
HAD LIKE TO READ.
SO DEAN CAIN.
WAS SUPPOSED TO COME WITH US
TODAY TO TESTIFY UNFORTUNATELY
HAD A LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY AND
WAS NOT ABLE TO BUT HE DID SEND
ME. A HIS WRITTEN REMARKS AND
AND HE ASKED ME TO READ THEM. UP
FOR USE ALL DO THAT NOW.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS DEAN
CAIN I AM AN ACTOR AND A
FILMMAKER I RECENTLY PRODUCED A
VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY
CALLED ARCHITECTS OF DENIAL. THE
FILM IS ABOUT GENOCIDE THE ACT
OF KILLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
SOLELY BECAUSE OF THEIR
ETHNICITY RELIGION OR RACE AND
HOW DENYING THAT GENOCIDE ALLOWS
OTHER GENOCIDES TO CONTINUE IN
THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF THE
HOLOCAUST NOT ENOUGH OF NOT
ENOUGH OF US HAVE HEARD OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE.
I WAS RAISED IN MALIBU
CALIFORNIA EDUCATED IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
GRADUATED FROM SANTA MONICA HIGH
SCHOOL IN NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR.
I TOOK AP HISTORY IT WAS MY
FAVORITE SUBJECT I NEVER HEARD A
SINGLE WORD ABOUT THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE.
I ATTENDED PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE IN
HISTORY IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
EIGHT.
I TOOK MY COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS IN
WARREN DIPLOMACY.
PRINCETON IS ONE OF THE TOP
UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD NOT
JUST THE UNITED STATES AND THE
HISTORY DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS
RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST.
I NEVER HEARD A WORD ABOUT THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE.
I AM NOT ARMENIAN NEITHER IS
MONTEL WILLIAMS BUT WE JOIN
TOGETHER TO PRODUCE ARCHITECTS
OF DENIAL TO MOVE THE DIAL.
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND MANY OTHER
GENOCIDES AND HELP PREVENT
GENOCIDE IN THE FUTURE IT IS A
CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND IT
NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT IN OUR
HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
IN OUR FILM GEORGE CLOONEY
QUOTES ADOLF HITLER DISCUSSING
HIS FINAL SOLUTION.
QUOTE WHO REMEMBERS THE
ARMENIANS.
UNQUOTE.
THE DENIAL LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE
HOLOCAUST THE HOLOCAUST BOSNIA
KOSOVO RWANDA DARFUR SOON GUITE
BAKU.
NAGORNO VULNERABLE ACT SO IS
THAT NEXT IT HAS TO END NINETEEN
FIFTEEN CANNOT CONTINUE AND THE
ANSWER IS EDUCATION.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE
TEACHING OF THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE THE FIRST GENOCIDE OF
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. BE TAUGHT
IN OUR CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS A
HORRENDOUS CRIME AGAINST
HUMANITY AND WE NEED TO SHINE A
BRIGHT LIGHT UPON IT. ASK ANY
ARMENIAN THEY CAN TELL YOU ALL
ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERY ARMENIAN
WAS AFFECTED EVERY SINGLE ONE.
WHEN A GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO
DENY THAT AN ATROCITY TOOK PLACE
THAT MILLIONS WERE KILLED
BECAUSE OF THEIR ETHNICITY OR
RELIGION OR RACE IT EMBOLDENED
OTHERS TO COMMIT THE SAME
CRIMES.
GENOCIDE DENIED IS GENOCIDE
CONTINUED THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME DEAN CAIN.
AND COLLEAGUES I THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE.
DEAN CAIN AS AND NOT ARMENIAN.
AND HIS STORY YOU KNOW BEING AT
A BRIGHT STUDENT WHO GOES TO
PRINCETON.
NEVER BEING WHO'S A HISTORY
MAJOR NEVER HAVING CUT BEEN
TOUCHED BY THIS SO. I THOUGHT
THAT WAS APPROPRIATE IF ANYBODY
HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PANEL.
YOUR COMMENTS WON YEAH I. WANT
TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS
AND MY DAUGHTER BEING A
PRINCETON GRADUATE HE'S
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IT'S A GREAT
SCHOOL THE BETTER BE FOR THE
COST. OF.
BUT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
STRIKES ME IS HOW I AM OF JEWISH
DESCENT SO I KNOW THE HOLOCAUST
OF FOUR WE TWO OF THEM WERE.
GOOD PORTION OF MY FAMILY WAS
ALSO.
A MASSACRED.
.
IT IT SEEMS TO ME AND I HOPE
THAT.
CERTAINLY AS WE TEACH US
AS WE SHOULD.
WE TALK ABOUT.
WHAT?
CAUSES PEOPLE TO.
DE HUMANIZE OTHER HUMAN PEOPLE
ARE.
WHETHER IT'S.
.
ARMENIANS JEWS.
GROUP OF HUTUS TOOTSIES. IN
CAMBODIA WITH PAPA I MEAN.
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY OF
PHENOMENA THAT I THINK EXISTING
ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE HUMAN.
SPECIES WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO.
DESTROY. OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND AND DO AND AS SUCH
THAT FEROCITY AND.
A CURRENT LACK OF CONCERN LACK
OF CONSCIENCE.
AND PART OF IT I THINK BECAUSE
THE WHOLE QUESTION OF COMPASSION
AND EMPATHY.
AND SO IT'S MY HOPE. THAT.
AS.
OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED
AND AS WE TEACH THIS WE TALK
ABOUT.
OF WHAT IT TAKES FOR PEOPLE TO.
.
BASICALLY TURN ON THEIR
NEIGHBORS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND
THEIR FAMILIES TO TO DO THIS
ARE.
AND IT REALLY ISN'T A I THINK
IT'S A THAT THERE'S A CONSISTENT
THEME TO IT YOU DE HUMANIZED.
I YOU ENGENDER FEAR.
AND IGNORANCE ABOUT AND AND
VILIFY OTHER PEOPLE'S WAYS OF
LIFE IN THEIR CULTURES AND
RELIGIONS IN THEIR BELIEFS.
AND SO I SEE THIS IS A REALLY.
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE
THOSE ISSUES.
IT CERTAINLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT
OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PURCHASED GENOCIDE IN GENERAL OR
JUST
KILLINGS OF OTHERS OF THE HATRED
THAT WE'RE SEEING THE
VILIFICATION OF OTHER HUMAN
BEINGS.
OUR SEEMS TO BE COMING GREATER
AND GREATER.
IN TODAY'S WORLD AND I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BECAUSE THESE
THINGS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.
OF AND TO OUR THAT THERE SEEMS
TO BE ALMOST AN ENDLESS STREAM
OF THIS KIND OF HATRED OF
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
OF THE FOCUSING ON ONE GROUP AND
THEN ANOTHER GROUP IN ANOTHER
GROUP AND INTO.
YOU KNOW FOR ME TO SEE.
THE EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN
ANTI SEMITISM WHICH YOU WOULD
THINK A.
WOULD HOPEFULLY BE BE DEAD OR
THE. THE.
THE BATTLES IN THE THE THE. THE
RACISM THAT OUR BLACK BROTHERS
AND SISTERS HAVE EXPERIENCED AND
THE RISE OF THE KU KLUX KLAN AND
OTHER. HATE GROUPS OUT WE WE'VE
GOT TO REALLY PUT A MIRROR IN
FRONT OF OURSELVES
AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE.
AN OPPORTUNITY YOU'LL TAKE WITH
THIS PROJECT SO THANK YOU.
MONICA COMES.
I'M THE.
A DOCUMENTARY JUST CAME OUT.
WHAT OCTOBER LAST YEAR
ARCHITECTS OF DENIAL SO WHAT'S
WAREHOUSE HAVE BEEN DISTRICT?
FROM WHAT I.
FROM WHAT I KNOW.
IT HAS BEEN.
PREMIERED IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I IT WAS THERE WAS A SHORTENED
VERSION OF IT CALLED DENIAL
WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY AIRED.
THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK THE WEEK
OF APRIL TWENTY FOURTH IN
HUNDREDS OF.
TV.
STATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
PBS AT SUCH A LOCAL LOCAL.
STATIONS INCLUDING IN
CALIFORNIA OF COURSE.
DEAN CAIN AND MONTEL WILLIAMS
HAVE BEEN AMAZING SPOKESPEOPLE
OF FOR THIS TOPIC GOING ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
EDUCATING.
AUDIENCES ABOUT ABOUT IT.
THEY.
IT WAS RECENTLY SHOWN FOR
EXAMPLE IN VARIOUS.
CITY HALLS.
STATE CAPITALS.
IT'S JUST BEING DISSEMINATED AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE CAN GET YOU A COPY.
YES WE CAN DEFINITELY GET IT
WOULD CATCH ON DEMAND.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE COFFEE THANK.
YES WE DO. WILL MAKE SURE YOUR
OFFICES IT CAP.
YEAH SCHOOL SENIOR PROM I'VE
SEEN NO.
I'M.
ACTUALLY MISS JACKSON THE OTHER
ONE. THAT YOU BATES THERE'S A
DOCUMENTARY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
WOMEN.
IN THE GENOCIDE I WAS HOW THE
WOMEN OF NINETEEN FIFTEEN AND
I'LL GET YOU A COPY OF THAT AS
WELL IS ACTS.
EQUALLY AS POWERFUL YES.
.
ONE OF MY CRAZY IDEAS AS I'D
LIKE TO DO A JOINT WOMEN'S
CAUCUS.
SELECT COMMITTEE SCREENING OF.
NINE OF NINETEEN FIFTY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE
UPDATE BECAUSE.
LITERALLY JUST TODAY THE PRO TEM
WAS ASKING ME ABOUT THE STATUS
OF.
ALL THE SOCIAL SCIENCE UPDATE
AND WE'VE PASSED ALL OF THESE
LAWS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
AND NOW WE'VE BUDGETED THE MONEY
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT. YOU KNOW
YOU WORK IN CONCERT NOT JUST
WITH.
CHEN AD BUT ALL OF THE STAKE
HOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE
LEGISLATION THAT HAS GONE
THROUGH SO MUCH IMPORTANT GET
THAT UPDATES A THANK YOU VERY%
MUCH THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL GO TO OUR. ITEM NUMBER
THREE.
ON CALIFORNIA'S PER PUPIL
FUNDING.
AND WE'VE GOT THREE SPEAKERS.
COME ON UP.
EARLIER IN THE YEAR THE STATE
PTA HAD REQUESTED THAT WE
DISCUSS THIS TOPIC.
THE YOU KNOW WE OFTENTIMES
CELEBRATE.
THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF LC
FF.
BUT THAT REALLY IS AN ARBITRARY
NUMBER IT DOESN'T REALLY RELATE
TO WHETHER IT'S THE ADEQUATE OR.
TRULY FULL FUNDING OF EDUCATION.
AND SO I WANT TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON THAT CONVERSATION AND
PROVIDES.
STAKEHOLDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW WE TRULY
DO CARE THAT CARE ABOUT THIS
ISSUE AND HOW WE COMPARE WITH
OTHER STATES AND O. THAT WAS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND SO. AM.
I HAVE MICHAEL GOING FIRST IS
THAT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT OKAY
SO PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
WILL.
TAKE IT FROM THERE. GREAT M.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MY NAME IS
MICHAEL GRIFFITH I'M WITH THE
EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE
STATES WITH ME AS EMILY PARKER.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT
SCHOOL FUNDING IN STATES HOW
CALIFORNIA COMPARES AND SOME OF
THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES. AND
THEN AT THE END OF ONE QUICKLY
TALK ABOUT. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
YOUR FORMULA ON SOME OF THE
CHANGES YOU MADE AND YOU KNOW
ASHER THINKING ABOUT FUNDING
GOING FORWARD HOW TO THINK ABOUT
BOTH YOUR FORMULA AND FUNDING
LEVELS.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THOUGH IS CENTERED AROUND
HOW YOU COMPARED TO OTHER
STATES?
OF WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF A
HIGH QUALITY FUNDING FORMULA.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
OTHER STATES FUND SCHOOLS TO
HELP YOU COME TO GET A PICTURE
ALL THIS.
JUST AS A QUICK OVERVIEW THE
EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE
STATES HEAD IS A STATE RUN
ORGANIZATION WE'VE BEEN AROUND
SINCE THE MID NINETEEN SIXTIES.
WE WERE CREATED BY STATES TO
HELP STATE POLICYMAKERS WITH.
IMPROVING EDUCATION IN THEIR
STATES THROUGH RESEARCH AND BEST
PRACTICES.
WE ARE NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT
WERE LOCATED ON A DENVER
COLORADO. UP WE HAVE IS OUR
MEMBERS FORTY NINE STATES THREE
TERRITORIES IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA SO THE ONLY NON MEMBER
STATE IS THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
ARM. AND WHAT WE WORK ON A
pSCHOOL FINANCE BUT WE HAVE
OTHER
PEOPLE OF THE CASF YOU'D LIKE TO
TALK TO THEM. THE TO CURRICULUM
AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ASSESSMENT AND EARLY LEARNING
AND HIGHER AT WE DO EVERYTHING
FROM SORT OF BIRTH. TO OUGHT TO
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SO NO HANDED
OVER TO A TECH ONLY TO TALK A
BIT ABOUT.
HOME CALIFORNIA COMPARES TO
OTHER STATES
AND STATISTICAL CATEGORIES I DO
BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE
POWER POINT FRONT OF YOU. SO
THANK YOU.
GRAY I THINK YOU MIGHT HIM AND
THINK YOU KNOW MISTER SHARON AND
MEMBERS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY
ON SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
SOME OF THE FIGHTS IN THE
PRESENTATION AND.
I TRIED TO TELL YOU WHICH SLIDE
I'M ON. RON I'M GOING TO REFER
TO SOME OF THAT CHARTS AND
TABLES.
.
SO I'M GOING TO GOING TO TALK
TODAY ABOUT HOW CALIFORNIA
COMPARES TO. OTHER STATES.
AND A BIG PART OF WHAT MY CAN I
DO IS GO INTO. STATES AND AND
GIVE SOME ARE PRESENTATIONS WE
TRY TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT.
TO STATE LEGISLATURES AND POLICY
MAKERS ON HOW THEIR STATE FITS
INTO THE NATIONAL PER THE
NATIONAL PICTURE.
AND.
WHAT WE DO IN OTHER STATES IS DO
A REGIONAL COMPARISON COMPARE
THE STATE TO OTHER SURROUNDING
STATES TO SWEEP THAT LOOK
SIMILAR IN SIZE IN?
THE TYPE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM
HAVE ENORMOUS AND LOOKING AT THE
CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA THAN
LEAGUE OF ITS OWN IT'S.
IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO A
SIMILAR REGIONAL COMPARISON FOR
CALIFORNIA TO IT SURROUNDING
STATES.
SO IF YOU GO HOME.
TO THE SLIGHTEST AS NATIONAL
OVERVIEW PER PUPIL SPENDING ON I
WILL START WITH THAT SLIDE.
IT'S WHAT WE DID IS COMPARED
CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK FLORIDA
AND TEXAS THESE ARE.
ON THE BEST COMPARISON STATES
THAT WE HAVE FOR CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE THEY ARE SOOOOOOO
SEVERAL SIMILARLY LARGE AND
SIMILARLY DIVERSE STATES.
SO LOOKING AT PER PUPIL
SPENDING WE SEE THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. IS ELEVEN THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED NINETY TWO AND
CALIFORNIA DOES SPEND
SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE I'M. PER PUPIL
EXPENDITURES CALIFORNIA SPENDS
TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY
SEVEN DOLLARS THEY RANKED TWENTY
EIGHTH THEY RANKED TWENTY EIGHTH
IN THE COUNTRY. ON THESE NUMBERS
COME FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU AND
THEY ARE THE MOST TIME
CONSISTENCIES FOR STATE TO STATE
COMPARISONS.
THESE NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE A
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OR
FACILITIES SOUTH. ON THEY ARE.
JUST YOUR.
CLASSROOM EXPENDITURES
AND SO LOOKING THOSE OTHER SIX
YOU CAN SEE THE NEW YORK THE PER
PUPIL EXPENDITURES THE HIGHEST
IN THE COUNTRY AND OVER TWENTY
ONE THOUSAND.
A AND IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS ARE
BOTH.
IN THE FORTIES IN TERMS OF
THEIR RANK.
WITH.
EIGHTY EIGHT HUNDRED E..
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THE
SHOWS THE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES
OVER TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE TWO
LINES ONE FOR THE UNITED STATES
AND THE ONE BELOW FOR
CALIFORNIA.
PRE RECESSION IN TWO THOUSAND
SEVEN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT THERE
WAS A NARROW GAP BETWEEN. THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE AND
CALIFORNIANS EXPENDITURES DURING
THE RECESSION WITHOUT THIS GAP
WIDEN. ON BUT IN RECENT YEARS
THESE TO WIND HAPPENED COMING
TOGETHER. WE WOULD EXPECT IF
THIS.
THE STAR IN THE NEED TWO
THOUSAND FOURTEEN THOUSAND
FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR IF THIS WORK
TO CONTINUE TO TODAY THAT CAP
WOULD CONTINUE TO NARROW.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON
THE NATIONAL REVIEW OF TEACHER
SALARIES.
AGAIN WE PULLED SOMEWHERE
NUMBERS FOR CALIFORNIA NEW YORK
TEXAS AND FLORIDA.
AND CALIFORNIA RANKS SECOND IN
THE COUNTRY WITH UNADJUSTED
TEACHER SALARIES CITIES ARE JUST
THE RAW NUMBERS FOR THE AVERAGE
TEACHER SALARY.
ANYWHERE IN NOTE IS THAT
CALIFORNIA HAS.
EVERY TYPE OF DISTRICTS THAT
EXISTS SMALL DISTRICTS LARGE
DISTRICTS URBAN DISTRICTS ROLE
DISTRICTS WE DO SEE. VARIATION
BETWEEN.
FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT AND
THESE ARE STATEWIDE AVERAGES.
.
CRACKS
BUT NOT IN THE NEXT FINAL SHOW
YOU ARE THOSE ADJUSTED NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE CALIFORNIA NEW YORK.
.
REALLY HIGHEST TEACHER SALARIES
IN THE COUNTRY AND IN TEXAS AND
FLORIDA WILL BOTH BELOW THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
I MOVED ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THE
IS OUR SALARIES BOMB THAT ARE
ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING WE
USE THE COMPATIBLE WAGE INDEX TO
ADJUST HIS NUMBERS THAT.
IS A.
METHOD OF ADJUSTING IT COMES OUT
OF AYE TEXAS A AND M. LAURIE
TAYLOR'S GROUP THERE. AND THE
WAY THAT THEY ARE JUST THESE
NUMBERS AS THEY LOOK AT ALL NON
TEACHER SALARIES.
.
AND
DO AN ADJUSTMENT FOR WHAT IT
WOULD COST TO HIRE SOMEONE IN A
NON TEACHER POSITION. ON AND
THAT'S HOW.
THEY JUST USE NUMBERS YOU CAN
SEE THAT.
IT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT A TWENTY
PERCENT DROP WHEN YOU JUST HIS
NUMBERS.
CALIFORNIA GOES FROM SEVENTY
SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY NINE TO SIXTY TWO
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
EIGHT BUT THE RANK STAYS THE
SAME FOUL ON.
CALIFORNIA IF STILL RANKS SECOND
ON NEW YORK DROPS TO THIRD IT
ACTUALLY PUTS PLACES WITH
MARYLAND SO WITH THE BUDGET
ITEMS HIGH MASSACHUSETTS I
MISSPOKE.
WHEN YOU ADJUST THE.
AT TEACHER SALARIES FOR THAT
COST JUST MEANT MASSACHUSETTS IS
THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. ON
FLORIDA AND TEXAS TEXAS ACTUALLY
DROP SIGNIFICANTLY TO FORTY
EIGHT IN THE.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE
TEACHER SALARIES IN CALIFORNIA
ON JUST SOME RECENT TRANSLUCENT
INTENTION TEACHER SALARIES
BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN IN
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. I HEALTH
PREMIATA SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
IN THEIR TEACHER SALARIES AND
THEIR RANK.
CHANGED FROM FOURTH TO SECOND IN
THE COUNTRY AND THE AVERAGE
SALARY CHANGED FROM A LITTLE
OVERSEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND TO A
LITTLE OVER SEVENTY SEVEN
THOUSAND.
AND
THE NEA PREDICTS THAT THIS TREND
WILL CONTINUE AGAIN WITH
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT.
FOR TWENTY SEVENTEEN AND THAT.
I'M AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY
INCREASE TO SEVENTY THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN.
HUTTON NEXT LABOR CAN LOOK AT IS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
WE'RE JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT
INPUTS HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING
INTO AN HOUR GOING TO SWITCH
GEARS A LITTLE BIT LOOK AT PUTS
HOW. STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING IN
THE STATE.
SO IT.
FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE EIGHTY
THREE POINT TWO PERCENT
CALIFORNIA'S JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF EIGHTY
TWO PERCENT.
ON.
OF THE COMPARISON STATES TEXAS
IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST IN TERMS
OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
THEY RANKED FOURTH IN THE
COUNTRY. A AND YOU'RE IN FLORIDA
ARE BELOW BOTH
ACCESS AND CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA'S RANK IS THIRTY
FIRST.
AND MOVING ONTO IT NEEDS SCORE
SOME COULD WE CAN ADJUST AND I
ASK A QUESTION TO MY
UNDERSTANDING IS A TEXAS.
HAS OF A VERY DIFFERENT WAY OF
DETERMINING HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATIONS. AND SORE NECK COULD
YOU DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA TO SEE
COULD EXPLAIN IT.
OF BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALMOST
AN APPLES TO ORANGES COMPARISON
BUT I COULD BE WRONG GUY BUT IF
YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT I THINK
THEY'LL BE HELPFUL.
AREN'T SO MANY STATES HAVE
DIFFERENT GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
WHAT THIS IS THOUGH IS THIS IS
THE.
FOR YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
RATE IN A COHORT IN THIS WAS AN
ATTEMPT BACK. ABOUT A DECADE AGO
FOR THE FEDS TO STANDARDIZE SO
EVERY STATE HAD THE SAME
COMPARABLE NUMBERS SO THIS IS
THE IDEA WHERE YOU'RE MEASURING
WHO ENTERS IN NINTH GRADE. AND
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE NINTH
GRADERS AND COMPLETE A DIPLOMA
WITHIN FOUR YEARS.
I'M SO IT'S CONSISTENT FROM
STATE TO STATE.
BUT THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS IN TEXAS
THEN YOU HAVE HERE IN YOUR OWN
STATE AND THEY'VE CHANGED THEM A
COUPLE OF TIMES THE USED TO
REQUIRE. OUR EXIT EXAMS FOR SOME
COURSES NOW THEY HAVE SORT OF.
THE HOUSTON FOR BASIC EXIT EXAMS
AND HOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
A.
TRUST THAT YOU CAN TAKE THROUGH
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IN
HAVE TO PASS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
THOSE TO GET YOUR DIPLOMA.
ON AGAIN IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT
IF YOU EVER WANTED TO GET IN
DEBT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COULD
COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT LL OF
THOSE. ON BUT THIS IS TRYING TO
REMAIN CONSISTENT AND TELL YOU
WHAT THE FOUR YEAR GRADUATION
RATE HAS.
YOU WANT TO JUMP OVER THE
QUESTION MR MALEK IF YOU DON'T
MIND.
I THINK YOU I WAS GONNA WAIT
TILL THE END OF PERFECT FOR
CHUMP.
ON.
THAT THE COST PER PUPIL YOU HAD
ELEVEN THOUSAND.
OUR TENT CAN FOR.
AND AND DO THE DATA I HAVE IT
IS.
ELEVEN THOUSAND.
PROP NINETY EIGHT FIVE THOUSAND
VOCAL BY SIXTEEN THOUSAND PER
PUPIL SO I.
I'M IS GETTING THIS COLD LIKE I
DID I DON'T HAVE MY RESEARCH
WITH ME BUT. FUNGI CURIOUS WHERE
DID YOU GET THE NUMBERS.
SO WITH THIS COMES FROM OF THE
U. S. CENSUS
EACH COURTS NUMBERS THROUGH
SURVEY TO STATES.
BOB THE THIS IS FOR THE FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR
UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THE MOST
RECENT THAT THE HALF.
IT WHAT YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT
IS THE MOST RECENT CALIFORNIA
NUMBERS.
AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE
CAPITAL OR DEBT SERVICE.
SO THAT NUMBER WOULD BE EVEN
HIGHER SO WHEN WE TOOK LOOK AT.
ALL EXPENDITURES FOR K. TWELVE
EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA. A BILL
BE HIGHER BECAUSE IT'S MORE
MODERN YEAR AND IT WOULD BE
HIGHER IF YOU INCLUDE CAPITAL IN
TOUCH IS A BUDGET NUMBER.
AND THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE
CASE OKAY MEN.
THE.
SALARIES ARE.
QUICKLY.
.
THAT'S JUST.
THE THE GROSS PAY AND.
NOT ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS THAT
ARE PROVIDED.
SO IT WOULD BE BENEFITS ARM BUT
NOT RETIREMENT.
IT'S A DOZEN INCLUDE THE
RETIREMENT OR RETIREE MEDICAL.
SO YEAH AS ITS A CRASHED NOT ALL
TOTAL COMPENSATION CORRECT OKAY
CALIFORNIA LIVE THIS NUMBER
WOULD REALLY.
SPIKE THAT IN IT AND ONE OF THE
REASONS THE DO THAT NEW PROBABLY
ALL KNOW THIS ALREADY IT'S A
VERY DIFFICULT NUMBER TO
CALCULATE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE
STATE'S CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS
PENSIONS. AND IN SOME STATES
THERE CONSISTENTLY CONTRIBUTE
THIS.
A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE EVERY YEAR
TO KEEP THEIR ACCOUNTS EQUAL BUT
WE HAVE SOME STATES LIKE
ILLINOIS THAT WENT.
A PERIOD OF YEARS WHERE THEY PUT
NO MONEY INTO THEIR PENSION
PROGRAMS TO SAVE.
AND NOW THEY HAVE A REALLY LARGE
DEBT IN THEIR STARTING TO.
MONEY BACK AND.
THE COURT MANDATES SO LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE SPENDING MUCH MORE NOW
WHEN THAT SIMPLY THEY WEREN'T
PAYING OVERTIME.
ON SO YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY IT'S IT'S KIND OF
PULLED OUT WE DO RIGHT IF YOU
TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. IT
REALLY WOULD CHANGE EVERYBODY'S
NUMBERS ANYWAY.
IN THE LAST.
AWKWARD QUESTION IS A.
TAXES
IS FORTY EIGHT AND.
SALARIES ADJUSTED BY COMPARABLE
WAGE INDEX BUT.
THEY HAVE THE. THEY RANK FOURTH
AND GRADUATION RATES SO.
THE AS I GET A PRIDE OF.
JUST DIVE INTO THE.
CONCERNED THAT WE'RE SAYING WE
DON'T PAY OUR TEACHERS ENOUGH.
YET WE'RE PAYING.
LOWER SALARIES IN TEXAS BUT
GETTING A MUCH BETTER RESULTS
OFF.
HOW DO YOU MAKE BE ARGUMENT THAT
BETTER PAY RATE WOULD WOULD HAVE
BETTER OUT?
AND IN THIS IS A QUESTION WE GET
AN AWFUL LOT NEVADA STATES WANT
IT WE JUST LOOK AT A STATE THAT.
SPENDS VERY LITTLE AND HAS HIGH
RETURNS AND IN REALLY BECAUSE IT
COMES DOWN TO DEMOGRAPHICS
IT COMES DOWN TO COST OF LIVING.
ON THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN
TAKE A LOOK AT MANY STATE THAT
THEY MIGHT BE DOING WELL ARM.
BUT WE WOULD SAY YOU KNOW IF YOU
LOOK AT THE STATE CENTER.
CONSISTENTLY PERFORMING AT A
HIGH LEVEL THAT LOOK LIKE YOU
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STATES THAT
LOOK LIKE IT'S YOU CAN LOOK AT
MASSACHUSETTS.
WHERE UNIQUE NEVER WHAT'S NICE
ABOUT COMPARING TAXES WERE BOTH
BORDER STATES?
UNTIL THAT DELIVER COMIC CLOSER
YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF IT.
YOU ALSO HAVE IN HOME I DON'T
THINK PEOPLE IN TEXAS OR
CALIFORNIA LIKE TO BE COMPARED
WITH EACH OTHER THAT MUCH BUT.
YOU HAVE SOME OTHER SIMILARITIES
YOU HAVE BIG LARGE NUMBER OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN BOTH STATES.
YOU HAVE OVER A THOUSAND IN
TEXAS AND YOU HAVE NINE HUNDRED
AND SOMETHING HERE WE HAVE ONE
THOUSAND.
DE ARM AND AGAIN THE RANGE SO
YOU HAVE VERY SMALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS YOU HAVE RULED
DISTRICTS HERE SHRINKING YOUR
GROWING YOU HAVE URBAN SUBURBAN.
SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF PLACE
APART. ONE OF THE THINGS ARM.
IN IN ALL IF THAT'S OKAY MISTRAL
JUMP TO ANOTHER POINT I WAS
GOING TO MAKE AFTER EMILY BUT
I'LL TRY TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART.
SPENDING IN TEACHER SALARIES.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THE HIGHER YOU
SPENT THE HIGHER TEACHER
SALARIES ARE THEIR TO STATES OR
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE AND IT YOU
AND VERMONT.
YOU'RE A BELOW AVERAGE SPENDING
STATE.
HI TEACHER SALARIES STATE.
VERMONT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE
THEIR HIGH SPENDING LOW TEACHER
SALARIES.
THE REASON.
IS BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE A
DECISION TO HAVE LARGER CLASS
SIZES.
SO YOU COULD HAVE TEACHER
SALARIES THAT ARE COMPETITIVE
ENOUGH TO HIRE RECRUIT RETAIN
QUALIFIED TEACHERS.
NATIONALLY OF IT'S ABOUT SIXTEEN
STUDENTS FOR EVERY TEACHER WE
LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND
CALIFORNIA IT'S ABOUT TWENTY
FOUR TO WHAT.
BOB IF YOU LOOK AT VERMONT IT'S
EIGHT TO ONE THEY MADE DECISIONS
TO HAVE VERY SMALL SCHOOLS AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IN CLASSROOMS.
BUT TO MAKE THAT DECISION THEY
CAN'T PAY THEIR TEACHERS.
IT'S ONE OF THINGS THAT WAS
GOING TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR
FORMULA THAT ACTUALLY.
REALLY STRONG POINT OF YOUR
FORMULA WHICH IS FED ALLOWS FOR
FLEXIBILITY AT THE DISTRICT
LEVEL. TO MAKE THE DECISIONS
THAT THE DISTRICTS NEED TO MAKE.
SO PRODUCES A DISTRICT
DETERMINES THAT THEY NEED TO.
PAY THEIR TEACHERS MORE THEY CAN
MAKE THAT DECISION
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE STRIKES THAT ARE GOING
AROUND IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT THESE
TEND TO BE IN STATES THAT. DON'T
GIVE THEIR DISTRICTS.
ABILITIES TO MAKE DECISIONS.
SO IN WEST VIRGINIA WHICH AT THE
LARGE TEACHER STRIKE THAT TOOK
OVER A WEEK.
UNDER THEIR SYSTEM THEY HAVE
ARIGID SYSTEM WHERE THE STATE OF
SEXUALLY DETERMINES WHAT
TEACHERS ARE GOING TO GET PAID.
NOT THE DISTRICTS
SO WHEN THEY WENT ON STRIKE THEY
DIDN'T GO OUT ON STRIKE AGAINST
THEIR DISTRICTS BECAUSE IT
WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE THERE'S
NO BENEFIT THERE THEY HAD TO GO
ON STRIKE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
STATE.
YOU SEE THAT PLACES LIKE
COLORADO THEY PUT A CAP ON LOCAL
SPENDING ABILITY AND LOCAL
DECISION MAKING. AND THAT'S WHY
THERE'S A TEACHER STRIKE GOING
ON IN COLORADO TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE SAW PUSH BACK IN
OKLAHOMA TAT'S WHERE YOU SEE AN
ARIZONA. THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE
FORMULAS THAT CONTROL WHAT
DISTRICTS CAN DO. ARE HAVING.
THE PROBLEMS NOW.
IS DISTRICTS CAN'T MAKE THE
ADJUSTMENTS THEY NEED TO BACK.
SO I THINK THAT'S
ONE REALLY GOOD THING WITH YOUR
NEW FORMULA.
FROM ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT
THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING CHANGES IF
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT. MAYBE YOU
KNOW PUTTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING
AND ARE CHANGING SO WHERE
FUNDING.
KEEPING THAT LOCAL ABILITY TO
MAKE DECISIONS TO ME IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND YOU GUYS ALREADY
HAVE SO.
OTHER NATIONAL OWNERS ARE
HEALTHCARE THAT YOU WANT TO JUMP
AND LOOK LIKE YOU WERE ANXIOUS
TO TRY AND I JUST I WANT TO GET
BACK TO THE PRESENTATION BUT I
WANT TO GIVE ME THE OUT HOW TO
HANDLE.
ALSO I I THINK. THAT I WAS GOING
TO SAY THIS BEFORE AND I.
I AGREE WITH THE QUESTION THAT
YOU RAISE ABOUT USING GRADUATION
RATES AS THE INDICATOR FOR
SUCCESS THERE LOTS OF OTHER
INDICATORS FOR SUCCESS ONE OF
THEM IS THE NATION'S REPORT
CARD.
A WHICH IS A TEST THE FOURTH
GRADERS AND EIGHTH GRADERS TAKEN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AND
THAT'S WHY NOT LOOK AT THAT
THAT'S NOT GRADUATION RATES
THAT'S WHAT CHILDREN ARE
LEARNING WHICH I THINK ARE TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE THAT
DATA CALIFORNIA IS WAY WAY BELOW
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON EVERY
INDICATOR ON THE.
REPORT CARD.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE
PRESENTATION AND WILL TAKE.
SO WE LEFT OFF ON THE SIDE.
I DOES NATIONAL OVERVIEW NAPE
SQUARES
SO WE'LL LOOK AT NICK SCORES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE NATIONAL
COMPARED DATA.
ON EIGHT SQUARES ON.
WHEN YOU WE POLL NUMBERS FOR
EIGHTH GRADE MATH IN EIGHT GRADE
READING NATIONAL AVERAGES MEANT
COMPARED THEM TO CALIFORNIA
FLORIDA NEW YORK AND TEXAS.
ON AND IN ALL FOUR OF THE
STATE'S YOU CONCEDE THE
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE
TESTING PROFICIENT OR ABOVE.
IT'S EITHER AT OR BELOW THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE
ON THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL
AVERAGES TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT
FOR MATH AND TWENTY EIGHT
PERCENT FOR READING COMPARED TO
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THIRTY
TWO AND THIRTY THREE PERCENT.
LIKE.
SO AGAIN IT JUST GIVES YOU SOME
OF THE. OUTPUT SIDE. AND LOST
ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS JUST. A
LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THE
BREAKDOWN OF THE SOURCES OF.
FUNDING FOR EDUCATION ON BETWEEN
FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE OF THAT SLIDE THERE'S A PIE
CHART THAT IS THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF
FUNDING THAT COMES FOM FEDERAL
STATE AND LOCAL FORCES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CALIFORNIA HAS
A SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE FOR.
FEDERAL SOURCES THAT IS.
LARGELY BECAUSE OF IMPACT AID.
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PROVIDES.
FOR A FEDERAL LANDS ON.
AND THEN THE STATE AB THAT
PERCENTAGE THAT COMES FROM THE
STATE IS ALSO ABOVE AVERAGE.
CALIFORNIA.
STEVE ANTI FIFTY SIX POINT ONE
PERCENT OF EDUCATION FUNDING
COMES FROM STATE COMPARED TO
FORTY SEVEN PERCENT NATIONALLY.
I CALIFORNIA'S ALSO ABOVE THOSE
COMPARATIVE STATES.
THE MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR
FUNDING COMING FROM THE STATE.
IN NEW YORK AND TEXAS MORE THAN
HALF COMES FROM LOCAL SOURCES.
SO NOW YOU TURN OVER TO MAKE TO
MAKE.
SOME MORE ANALYSIS FOR YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER PURIFY YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS IS ONE OF THESE CASES
I THINK YOUR QUESTION.
MEAN THE ANSWER TRIED TO PROVIDE
COVERS ALL MY SLOW EIGHTS I HAD
A VERY LONG WINDED WAY OF
SAYING.
.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE TEND NOT
WE'VE SAY AT LEAST YES WE DON'T
HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT WE'RE
NOT HERE TO SELL YOU ANYTHING.
BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT IS THAT I THINK YOUR
SYSTEM'S PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW
YOUR DISTRIBUTION.
THAT THEIR SYSTEMS AT OTHER
STATES USE AND IT'S KIND OF
INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT THEY
HAVE. BUT THEY TEND TO BE MORE
RIGID SYSTEMS AND WHAT WE WOULD
SAY SEEMS TO WORK AROUND THE
COUNTRY. IS TO PROVIDE GREATER
FREEDOM TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
MAKE THE DECISIONS THEY NEED TO
MAKE.
YOUR SYSTEM DOES THAT I CAN WALK
THROUGH ALL THE SLIDES BUT IN
THE END THAT'S THE ARGUMENT I'M
MAKING. WHICH IS.
FARES YOU TALK ABOUT THE
SETTINGS IF YOU THINK ABOUT
THEM.
THINK ABOUT MAYBE NOT TOUCHING
YOUR FUNDING FORMULA RIGHT NOW
IN GENERAL THAT THE STRUCTURE IS
GOOD WHAT WE TALK ABOUT THOUGH
IS THE FUNDING FORMULA IS LIFE
PIPES AND A HOUSE.
AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU PUT
INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS
LIKE THE WATER PRESSURE.
YOU WANT GOOD PIPES AND YOU WANT
GOOD WATER PRESSURE.
YOU HAVE GOOD PIPES
IT'S UP TO U. S. POLICYMAKERS TO
DETERMINE WHAT THE WATER
PRESSURES.
IS IT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO MEET
THE NEEDS THAT YOU NEED.
WANT TO GET YOUR STUDENTS.
AT OR ABOVE YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
AND WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS THE
BASE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE IN
YOUR FORMULA.
THE THE STATE'S WHERE THAT MAKES
THE MOST SENSE AND AND.
CAN THE ONCE I CAN ACT THE
FORMULA WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
ARE THE ONES WHERE THE BASE
NUMBER. IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
NEEDED TO GET A GENERAL IT CAN
YOUR STATE. UP TO OR ABOVE STATE
STANDARDS
SO JUST ASK YOURSELF THE BASE
NUMBER WITHIN OUR FORMULA THE
ONE THAT WE USE. IS THAT
SUFFICIENT TO GET OUR KIDS AT OR
ABOVE STATE STANDARDS. YOU HAVE
OTHER ADJUSTMENTS IN YOUR
FORMULA THEN THAT WOULD HELP
KIDS WITH HIGHER NEEDS KIND OF
GET THEIR TO.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF IT
YOU'RE AT RISK FUNDING. WHICH
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL MONEY TO OF
BASED ON CONCENTRATION.
IS ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY SHOW ONE
OTHER STATES.
PRETTY LEADING EDGE ONE WE ALSO
ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW
FUNDING FORMULA TO A LOT OF
OTHER STATES THAT ARE LOOKING AT
MAKING CHANGES.
SO WE WERE IN CONNECTICUT WE
WERE IN DELAWARE.
AND IDAHO IN IN EACH TIME WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT YEARS IS ONE OF THE
FORMULAS THAT STATE SHOULD TAKE
A LOOK AT.
ON SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD I
THINK YOUR FORMALIST GOOD I CAN
IF YOU'D LIKE TALK MORE IN DEPTH
ABOUT THE OTHER FIFTY STATES AND
HOW EACH ONE OF ON FUNDS OUR
SCHOOLS ARM. ONE OF THINGS WERE
DONE TO DCS IS READ THROUGH OUR
PRE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA SO WE
KNOW THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW IT MISTER CHAIR I
I THINK THAT KIND OF ENDS OUR
FORMAL. RANDOM QUESTION.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT
SPECIAL ED FUNDING. THIS YEAR.
HOW DOES CALIFORNIA COMPARE?
WITH SPECIAL ED FUNDING TO
OTHER STATES.
OR DO WE FAIR FAVORABLY OR
UNFAVORABLY BICU CAN HOLD ON
ONE SECOND WE ACTUALLY JUST DID
THIS PRESENTATION AND WE CAN
PULL THAT UP FOR YOU. FROM.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE
HAVE.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU CARE.
BUT WE JUST DID THIS IN
CONNECTICUT WHERE THEY ASKED US
TO ARM LOOK AT THEIR SPECIAL ED
FUNDING.
AND DETERMINE.
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO AND SO?
YOU HAVE A SUCH A SPACED SYSTEM.
SUCH A SPACE SYSTEM SO. RIGHT
NOW THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT STATES FUND SPECIAL
EDUCATION.
WERE THE OLDEST WAY IS THIS IDEA
THAT YOU SIMPLY PROVIDE A FLAT
DOLLAR AMOUNT PER SPECIAL ED KID
THAT'S REPORTED.
THEN SORT OF THE NEXT GENERATION
WITH THIS IDEA OF YOU DO IT
BASED ON MILD MODERATE AND
SEVERE.
.
WHAT YOURS IS KIND OF THIS IDEA
OF THE SENT TO SPACE SAYS WE'RE
GOING TO ASSUME THERE'S A
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF KIDS IN
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT? THAT
REQUIRE SPECIALIZED IN WE'RE
GOING TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING
BASED ON THAT.
STATES CAME UP WITH THAT TYPE OF
A SYSTEM TO HOLD DOWN COST QUITE
FRANKLY.
ON THERE WAS A COUPLE OF FEELING
SICK KIDS WERE BEING OVER
IDENTIFIED SOME BECAUSE.
IT WAS NEWER AND. THEY WERE
BEING IMPROPERLY IDENTIFIED IN
OTHER CASES THERE WERE
ACCUSATIONS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS
THAT THEY'RE IDENTIFYING KIDS TO
GET MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE'S
SO SOME STATES CAME UP WITH THE
CENSUS ESTIMATES OF WERE
SEXUALLY GONNA CATCH.
AND SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET.
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THOUGH? IS
THAT STARTING ABOUT FIVE YEARS
AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
SEEING A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF KIDS NATIONALLY IDENTIFIED A
SPECIAL AT.
MOM AND DAD NUMBERS COME DOWN
WHICH PRE DECADES WAS ALWAYS
GOING.
AND AND WHAT PROVIDING TOO IS
WERE GETTNG A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOURCES
THAT THESE KIDS NEED.
AND THAT YOU SHOULD TARGET THE
RESOURCES BASED ON THE
ADDITIONAL NEEDS OF EACH KID NOT
BASED ON THEIR DISABILITY TYPE
OR.
YOU KNOW ANYTHING ALSO IN TEXAS
FOR INSTANCE IN TENNESSEE IN
SOME OTHER STATES WHAT THEY SAY
IS.
OKAY WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH TEN PERCENT EXTRA FUNDING
OF THE STUDENTS JUST PULLED OUT
OF THE CLASSROOM ONCE A WEEK OR
TWICE A WEEK TO RECEIVE
SERVICES.
IF A STUDENT RECEIVES SERVICES
EVERY DAY THEY'RE GOING TO GET A
DIFFERENT WAY A HIRED DEL ABOUT.
IT'S SO THEY TRY TO STRUCTURE
THEIR A FIFTEEN DIFFERENT
WEIGHTS IN TENNESSEE FOR
INSTANCE.
TRY TO TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT.
THE CAUTION WE ALWAYS HAVE WITH
SPECIAL IT FUNDING IS.
IT'S MANDATED UNDER THE FEDERAL
LAW.
THAT YOU SUPPLY THE SAME AMOUNT
OF FUNDING EACH YEAR ISSUE DID
THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AT LEAST OF THAT AMOUNT.
SO WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR FUNDING
FORMULA IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
SPECIAL A FUNDING FORMULA YOU
JUST HAVE TO ENSURE THAT US THE
STATE OR SPENDING AT LEAST THE
AMOUNT YOU SPEND IN THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
ARM AND IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
SYSTEM IN A WAY. AND YOU PUT A
LOT MORE IN IN ANY YEAR THAT'S.
YOUR DECISION WITH YOU JUST HAVE
TO REALIZE THEN THE NEXT YEAR
YOU HAVE TO SUPPLY THAT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO.
ON.
THERE'S SOME CONFUSION BECAUSE
PEOPLE THINK WELL I CAN'T CHANGE
OUR FORMULA THE THERE'S A BELIEF
THAT THE FEDS. ESSENTIALLY
MANDATE THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT
OR YOU FUND SPECIALIZED THAT'S
NOT TRUE YOU CAN CHANGE VERY
FUND IS LONG AS THE TOTAL DOLLAR
AMOUNT ANNIE. UNDER THE NEW
SYSTEM IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE
TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE ALL.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS WE SPEND ON A
SPECIALIZED STUDENT.
HOW DOES THAT?
COMPARE TO OTHER STATES.
ARE WE SPENDING LAST MORE.
THIS IS ONE OF THESE DIFFICULT
QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER
THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE THE FED
STOP COLLECTING SPECIAL
EXPENDITURE DATA.
ON.
DECADES AGO OR I'M SORRY ABOUT
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
.
WE HAVE THE AMOUNT THAT EACH
STATE ALLOCATES TOWARDS
SPECIAL ED IN SOME STATES THEY
REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO REPORT WHAT
THEY SPEND ON SPECIAL IT. BUT WE
DON'T HAVE A UNIFORM FRUSTRATING
AND THERE WAS A
STUDY THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE ON
A STAMPER.
THAT WAS GETTING AT THIS.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT
STUDY BUT EVERYONE SORT OF HATED
IT BECAUSE IT SAID WE'RE LOOKING
AT ACTUAL EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS.
WHAT THEY FOUND IS THE ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR STUDENTS
WERE MILDLY DISABLED WAS NOT
THAT MUCH MORE THAN ON THE
GENERAL IT KID?
BUT THE COST FOR A HIGHER NEED
STUDENT WAS MUCH MORE THAN
PEOPLE HAD ANTICIPATED.
OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SORT OF
ADVOCATES BOTH THE MOUNT FOR
MILD STUDENTS WAS NOT
SUFFICIENT.
AND THEY FELT. PEOPLE WHO WERE
SORT OF. MORE.
.
PUSHING BACK ON SPECIAL ED DID
NOT LIKE THE HIGHER NUMBER FOR
THE HEIGHT KIDS SO THE STUDY WAS
DISCONTINUED BY THE FACTS.
IS ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS I HEAR
IS THAT THE CENSUS MODEL.
IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT THE
ACTUAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A
PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT.
HAVE THE NEED BECAUSE.
DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE
ACTUAL STUDENTS BUT HAVE THE
CENSUS DATA. ARE GETTING DOLLARS
IN THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE
STUDENTS ARE IT.
IT IN MISTER YOU HIT ON THE
EXACT PROBLEM OF THE CENSUS.
BEEN IN ITS THAT ASSUMPTION THAT
EVERYONE HAS FIFTEEN PERCENT TO
TWELVE PERCENT AYE. YEAH AND
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT RUNS INTO
IS THERE ARE DISTRICTS WE KNOW
THAT HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE IN
SOME CASES IT'S NOT PER YEAR TO
BITS.
BECAUSE ARE LOCATED BY HOSPITAL
SOMETIMES BECAUSE ARE LOCATED BY
MILITARY BASE AND IN THE.
OF THERE'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT I
WORKED WITH THEM VIRGINIA THAT
WAS THIS WAY THAT THEY WERE
LOCATED BY MILITARY BASE.
PEOPLE BEGIN TO REALIZE A
PROVIDED REALLY GOOD SPECIAL ED
SERVICES SO MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY ASK TO BE LOCATED AT
THE BASE OF THEIRS SONS OR
DAUGHTERS HAD A DISABILITY.
THEY HAD A LEGITIMATE REASON WHY
THEY WERE RUNNING AROUND TWENTY
PERCENT SPECIAL ED. BEEN SO WE
WOULD SAY THERE'S NO REASON YOU
WOULD SHOULD PUNISH THOSE PLACES
THAT'S SOMETHING OUT OF THEIR
CONTROL.
SO GAS YOU SHOULD HAVE YOU KNOW
WE WOULD SAY SORT OF THE
RESEARCH IS REALLY MOVE TO THIS
IDEA OF. IT SHOULD BE BASED ON
STUDENT COUNTS.
AND I'M NOT JUST COUNTS BUT WHAT
OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO
THOSE KIDS AND YOU SHOULD COSTS
THAT OUT.
BOB. YOU ALSO DON'T WANT A NEW
TOUCH A DO THE OPPOSITE RIGHT
THAT IF IT DISTRICT
TRADITIONALLY HAS TEN PERCENT IN
YOUR FUNDING AT FIFTEEN PERCENT.
YOUR FUNDING THEM FOR KIDS THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE.
ON.
SO YEAH WE WOULD SAY AND THAT'S
WHY STATES HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM
THE CENSUS MATH THAT. REALLY IT
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADOPTED A
LOT OF STATES
AND THE LATE NIGHT ENDS YOU
KNOW.
AND IT AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF
THAT THE NUMBERS JUST KEPT
INCREASING AND STATE SAID IT'S
TOO EXPENSIVE AND THEY WROTE
THAT ON. BUT. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S
COUNT ONLY A HANDFUL OF STATES
ANYMORE THAT HAVE THE SINCE IT'S
MORE OR ONE.
BY CAROL I WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
BECAUSE YOU REQUESTED THISSO
YES FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR HAVING THIS HEARING I THINK
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST.
IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE CAN BE
DISCUSSING IT IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
ARM AND A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN
SOME NATIONAL DATA AND
CALIFORNIA REALLY IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER STATES.
UP WE HAVE THE LARGEST POVERTY
RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
YOUNGSTERS WITH.
WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS AND IN MOST PARTS OF
CALIFORNIA WE HAVE THE HIGHEST
COST OF LIVING?
I JUST DID A LITTLE CALCULATION
BEFORE I CAME IN HERE BECAUSE I
I I I WONDERED. UP WHAT WHAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE YOU KNOW LET'S
SAY IF YOU LIVE IN. MIAMI AND
YOUR TEACHER AND YOU WANT TO
MOVE TO SOMEPLACE LIKE SAN
FRANCISCO SO THEY HAVE ALL
THESE.
DATA ON HOW YOU DO IT. SO IF
YOU'RE LOWER EARNINGS OF THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MIAMI HOW
MUCH WOULD YOU HAVE TO EARN TO
HAVE THAT SAME STANDARD OF
LIVING. IN SAN FRANCISCO.
IT HAVE TO EARN FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR THE SAME STANDARD OF
LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO AS YOU
HAVE. IN MIAMI FOR THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S A SIXTY
PERCENT DIFFERENCE IN COST AND
THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS THE
BIGGEST COST THAT WE HAVE BEEN
EDUCATION. ITS PEOPLE.
IT'S TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS
JANITORS AND CUSTODIANS AND ALL
THE STAFF THAT WE NEED AND SO
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE THIS
NATIONAL DATA.
THEIR OTHER OF WAYS OF LOOKING
AT IT FOR EXAMPLE EDUCATION WEEK
LOOKS AT REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
ARE KEPT THOSE CENTER FOR BUDGET
AND POLICY LOOKS AT REGIONAL
DIFFERENCES. AND WHEN YOU ADD
THAT IN THE STATISTICS ON WHERE
CALIFORNIA ARE ARE DRAMATICALLY
DIFFERENT.
.
I'M SPEAKING AS SOMEONE WHO'S
BEEN IN SCHOOLS. AND LOOKING AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT
PARENTS ARE SEEING EVERYDAY. OUR
SCHOOLS FACE AN ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
AND THAT'S USING WHICH VALUABLE
PROGRAMS TO FIND.
AND WHICH VALUABLE PROGRAMS TO
STARVE AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO
MAKE THAT CHOICE THEY'RE CLEAR
LOSERS AND IT'S THE CHILDREN OF
CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S NO LACK OF RESEARCH ON
WHAT WE MUST DO TO SUPPORT OUR
CHILDREN WE KNOW WHAT SMART
INVESTMENTS OR. AND THEY ALL
COST MONEY.
HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS.
A FULL CURRICULUM EARLY
EDUCATION AFTER SCHOOL NURSES
LIBRARIANS COUNSELORS TECHNOLOGY
SMALL CLASS SIZES.
STRONG EDUCATION LEADERS.
THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING AND I
THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
IS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASKING WHICH OF
THESE DO WE FIND AND WHICH OF
THESE DO WE START THAT'S WHAT IS
HAPPENING. AT OUR SCHOOLS.
AND WHILE WE DEBATE THESE ISSUES
IN CALIFORNIA.
LETS LOOK AT THE NATIONAL
CONTEXT.
WE ARE DEBATING THESE ISSUES AT
A TIME. WHEN THE FUTURE OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION. REALLY IS AT
RISK.
AND ONE OF THE SUREST WAYS TO
LOSE THAT BATTLE FOR QUALITY
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
IS TO CONTINUE TO STARBURST
SCHOOLS.
OKAY TEACHERS LESS THAN WHAT
COMPARABLE.
COLLEGE EDUCATED WORKERS WOULD
HAVE CUT LIBRARIANS AND
COUNSELORS AND NURSES THAT
ADMINISTRATORS COURT ART MUSIC
DON'T TEACH CIVICS.
CRITICAL HUMANITIES.
AND THEN.
LET THOSE WHO WOULD ARGUE.
BETTER SYSTEM ISN'T DOING WELL
THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AREN'T
DOING WELL.
LET'S LOOK FOR DIFFERENT CHOICE.
CALIFORNIA HAS MADE SOME
REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN MANY
AREAS OF EDUCATION. INCLUDING A
MAKING SURE THAT THE
DISTRIBUTION IS FAR IS IS BETTER
IT'S MUCH MORE EQUITABLE. BUT WE
WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS CREATE A
STABLE LONG TERM PLAN.
TO INVEST MORE IN EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW IF OUR CHILDREN WERE
DOING WELL WITH THE FUNDING THAT
WE HAVE. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION.
WE'VE LIFTED CALIFORNIA OUT OF A
TERRIBLE HUGE HOLE IN FUNDING.
WE WENT FROM BEING REALLY
TERRIBLE AND AWFUL NOW OR JUST
PLAIN BAD.
CALIFORNIA HAS THE SIXTH LARGEST
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD THE LARGEST
GDP OF ANY STATE. AND YET WE
RANK. ON NEARLY EVERY MEASURE OF
ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL FUNDING AND
SCHOOL STAFFING BELOW THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
CALIFORNIA IS BELOW THE
ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL OF MOST OTHER
STATES ON THE NATION'S REPORT
CARD.
OUR MOST RECENT OF STANDARDIZED
TESTS.
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
CHILDREN WHO DON'T MEET THOSE
STANDARDS.
OUR LACK OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION MEANS WE HAVE TO MANY
CHILDREN.
WHO HAVE AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP
BEFORE THEY EVEN ENTER A
KINDERGARTEN CLASS?
THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR
COUNSELORS AND NURSES LIBRARIANS
AND SMALL CLASS SIZE. HELP OUR
CHILDREN.
AND YET. WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS
CALIFORNIA IS ALMOST DEAD LAST
ON EVERYONE OF THOSE INDICATORS.
WE TALKED ABOUT CLASS SIZE.
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IN CALIFORNIA
TWENTY FOUR THE AVERAGE CLASS
SIZE AROUND THE NATION ABOUT
FIFTEEN.
WHAT IS CONNECTICUT THIRTEEN
WHAT IS VERMONT TEN A HUGE
DIFFERENCE AND THAT REFLECTS?
OUR COSTS HOW MUCH WE PAY FOR
CHILDREN FOR TEACHERS.
AND.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD
MEASURE OURSELVES BY IS.
HOW MUCH EFFORT ARE WE PUTTING
INTO?
FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS.
AND IF YOU MEASURE BY EFFORT HOW
MUCH OF OUR TAXABLE INCOME IS
SPENT ON EDUCATION.
CALIFORNIA IS BEHIND. MOST OTHER
STATES I CAN GIVE YOU A NUMBER
AND AS YOU KNOW ALL THESE
NUMBERS MOVE A LITTLE BIT AS.
NEW NUMBERS COME OUT BUT I'LL
GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS THAT I SAW
FROM TWENTY FOURTEEN.
THE AVERAGE A.
EFFORT THAT OTHER STATES WOULD
IN IS ABOUT THREE POINT THREE
PERCENT.
AND IN CALIFORNIA IT WAS JUST
TWO POINT SEVEN PERCENT.
THAT'S TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN IS
PROBABLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
THAT WOULD MEAN THE CALIFORNIA
RANKED FORTY FIFTH IN THE NATION
IN ITS EFFORT. TO INVEST IN
EDUCATION.
AND THEY WERE CALCULATIONS IF WE
JUST MATCH THE EFFORT OF OTHER
STATES THAT WOULD MEAN AN
ADDITIONAL TWELVE BILLION
DOLLARS.
MONEY MATTERS.
STUDIES SHOW THAT GREATER
INVESTMENTS AND I MEAN SMART
INVESTMENTS IMPROVE STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT.
PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME
STUDENTS.
SOME STATES HAVE DRAMATICALLY
CHANGED
HOW THEY FUND THEIR SCHOOLS.
MASSACHUSETTS FOR EXAMPLE
DOUBLED ITS TOTAL STATE AND
LOCAL FUNDING.
ANIMAL FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE
PACK.
TO THE TOP PERFORMING.
NATION SCOTT SAID IN THE NATION.
AND LOOK LET'S COMPARE
CALIFORNIA TO LET'S SAY SOME OF
THE OTHER STATES.
THEY HAVE TWICE AS MUCH THAT
THEY INVEST IN OUR SCHOOLS IF
YOU COMPARE CALIFORNIA. TO NEW
YORK NEW YORK INVEST TWICE AS
MUCH.
AND OVER. A TWELVE YEAR PERIOD.
THAT ADDS UP EVERYDAY FOR EVERY
SINGLE CHILD.
SO WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MOVE
CALIFORNIA THIS IS THE YOU KNOW
THE SIX IT USED TO BE THE SIXTY
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION.
IT'S A LOT MORE ZEROS ON IT BUT
IT'S THE IT'S STILL THE SAME
QUESTION.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MOVE
CALIFORNIA UP TO WHAT ARE THE
HIGHEST PERFORMING STATES? AND
LET ME JUST BE VERY CLEAR WITH
YOU.
AS A PARENT AS A MEMBER OF THE
PTA AS SOMEONE WHO REALLY CARES
ABOUT EDUCATION.
I WANT OUR KIDS TO BE THE
HIGHEST PERFORMING KIDS IN THE
NATION WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET
UP TO THAT RANGE.
AND THE ESTIMATES ARE IT WOULD
TAKE ABOUT TWENTY TWO. THE FORTY
BILLION DOLLARS MORE PER YEAR.
THAT IS A HUGE JUMP.
THERE ARE WILL YOU KNOW THE CUT
GETTING BACK THE FAX.
STUDY THAT WAS DONE A FEW YEARS
AGO THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER
STUDIES THE COMING OUT BUT WE'RE
LOOKINGAT A LARGE NUMBER. TO
MOVE CALIFORNIA FROM REALLY BAD.
TO.
VERY VERY GOOD.
SO.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN?
SHOULD WE SUE THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
BECAUSE WERE FRUSTRATED CHEWY SO
WELL THAT WAS TRIED YOU KNOW.
AND THE COURT SAID.
DON'T LOOK AT US.
ACTUALLY WHAT THE COURT SAID AND
ALL OF.
QUOTE IS THE QUANDARY DESCRIBED
IN THE COMPLAINTS IS LAMENTABLE.
AND IT'S THE SAME SORT OF FACTS
I'VE LAID OUT HERE.
BUT THE REMEDY.
THE REMEDY LIES SQUARELY WITH
THE LEGISLATURE.
NOT WITH THE JUDICIARY.
CONTINUING OUR FUNDING APPROACH.
THAT FORCES SCHOOLS TO CHOOSE
WHICH VALUABLE STRATEGY TO FUND.
AND WHICH VALUABLE STRATEGY TO
STARVE.
UNFORTUNATELY I BELIEVE.
IS AN ABROGATION OF OUR
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR
CHILDREN.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T.
CAN'T INVEST MORE IN OUR SCHOOLS
WE HAVEN'T INVESTED MORE IN OUR
SCHOOLS.
AND STATES WITH LESS RESOURCES
ACTUALLY ARE INVESTING A LOT
MORE OF THEIR RESOURCES. IN
THEIR SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR
CHILDREN.
SO THAT'S WHY THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PTA ASKED FOR THIS
HEARING.
BECAUSE WE ASK BECAUSE WE WANT
YOU TO START TO CREATE A REMEDY
WE WANT YOU TO START TO CREATE A
PLAN. IT'S NOT SOMETHING IS
GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE IT.
AND I THINK THE CHILDREN OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE PARENTS IN
ALL COMMUNITIES. WOULD SAY
THANK%
YOU CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE FOR
CROP FROM FINALLY GRAPPLING.
WITH THIS ISSUE.
FOR FINALLY SAYING YES.
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A LONG
TERM PLAN TO BRING CALIFORNIA
WITHIN THE TOP TEN STATES IN
FUNDING.
AND PERFORMANCE.
AND TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AND
PROTECT.
HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.
HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.
FROM EFFORTS THAT WOULD WEAKEN
THIS VITAL FOUNDATION OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
BECAUSE THE DAY WE TURN OUR
BACKS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.
IS THE DAY DEMOCRACY DIES.
OJ YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
.
APPRECIATE THAT IN A AS OF A
PRODUCT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN
NEWTON MASSACHUSETTS.
I APPRECIATE WHAT IT. WHAT IT
TAKES BUT ISN'T TRUST THE MONEY?
THE PARENTS WERE ABSOLUTELY
OBNOXIOUS.
I MEAN HAVE NATO EVERY.
NONO EVERY EVERYONE OF US WAS
EXPECTED THAT WE WOULD DO WELL
ENOUGH IN SCHOOL TO GO TO
HARVARD.
A HOBBIT AS WE USED TO CALL.
WHICH IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO
CALIFORNIA OBVIOUSLY WASN'T THAT
INTERESTED IN HAVA BUT.
THE GOALS WITH THE SAME I MEAN
WE KNOW THAT.
IT TAKES MONEY BUT IT ALSO TAKES
A LOT MORE THAN MONEY. AND I'M
CURIOUS THEIR NUMBER OF THINGS
HE SAID THAT I'D LIKE TO. ASK
YOU TO ADDRESS AND PERHAPS ALL
OF YOU.
SO I THINK THE NUMBERS TWENTY
FOURTEEN A MISLEADING BECAUSE WE
HAVE PUT IN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
OF MONEY. IN OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT THAT'S
THE LATEST FIGURE WE HAVE SO
HOPEFULLY WORSE GOING TO SEE
IMPROVEMENT SO THAT. BRINGS OUT
A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER QUESTIONS
AND IF I MAY MISTER CHAIR FOR
HER FIRST QUESTION.
YOU WANT TO SEE A SPENDING
TWENTY TWO TO FORTY BILLION
DOLLARS MORE NOW IF I UNDERSTAND
CORRECTLY.
WE PUT IN ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT OF
THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND GOES TO
QUE THROUGH FOURTEEN EDUCATION.
FORTY PERCENT FLOOR TO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS K. THROUGH TWELVE IN
ANOTHER TEN PERCENT HIGHER AND
THAT'S ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT.
WHICH REFLEXIVE I'M NOT MISTAKEN
ABOUT SEVENTY BILLION DOLLARS
ABOUT HALF OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO YU ARE SUGGESTING WE SPEND
ANOTHER TWENTY TWO TO FORTY
BILLION DOLLARS WHAT WOULD WE DO
WITH THAT MONEY WHERE WOULD THAT
MONEY GO IF YOU WERE THE MATH
THEM MASTER MISTRESS OF THE
UNIVERSE WHERE WOULD YOU PUT
THAT MONEY. TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR
CHILDREN.
OKAY SO THAT NUMBER IS IS YOU
KNOW A GUESSTIMATE FROM VARIOUS
STUDIES AND MORE STUDIES WILL BE
COMING OUT. IF IF I HAD THE
MAGIC WAND YES WHERE WOULD THE
MONEY GO.
OKAY.
MONEY WOULD GO TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR TEACHERS HAVE A COMPETITIVE
WAGES THAT THEY'RE NOT LIKE THE
TEACHERS IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVING
TO HAVE TWO OR THREE JOBS. IN
ORDER TO LIVE IN THE CITY.
THAT IT IT WOULD BE WAGES IT
WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IT WOULD BE
STRENGTHENING OUR
ADMINISTRATORS.
A IT WOULD MAKE IT BE MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAD A SMALL CLASS
SIZE THAT WE HAD A FULL
CURRICULUM ART MUSIC AND CIVICS.
A WE WOULD HAVE CAREER TECHNICAL
EDUCATION.
WELL EVERY SCHOOL WOULD HAVE
COUNSELORS THAT THEY NEEDED
EVERY SCHOOL WOULD HAVE
LIBRARIANS SCHOOLS WITH A HAVE
NURSES.
US SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE OF ALL OF
THOSE THINGS THAT THE RESEARCH
TELLS US HELP CHILDREN DO BETTER
IN SCHOOL. ARM ALMOST AT ANY OF
THESE AREAS YOU'LL SEE. THAT
THERE'S SOME PRETTY STRONG
RESEARCH THAT TELLS US THAT
CHILDREN BETTER CHILDREN DO
BETTER IF THEY HAVE PHYSICAL
EDUCATION.
SO THAT THERE'S THERE'S NOT A A
SHORTAGE OF VERY SMART
INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE AND
UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WHAT I SEE
HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. IS.
BECAUSE OF A LOT OF.
VARIABLES ONE OF THEM IS.
WE HAVE.
SEVERE INCREASE PENSION COSTS.
OF ONE OF THEM IS.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN A.
NOT PAID AS THE ECONOMY HAS
GROWN AND A LOT OF THEM SIMPLY
CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES SO WE HAVE A
TREMENDOUS SEVERE. SHORTAGE OF
TEACHERS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE
GOING INTO THE THE TEACHER
WORKFORCE.
A WE DON'T EVEN HAVE PEOPLE IN
OUR SCHOOLS WHO SAY I WANT TO BE
A TEACHER BECAUSE THEY SEE RIGHT
NOW. OF THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE
A TEACHER.
AND.
TEACHERS ARE ARE NOT RESPECTED.
A BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED IN EDUCATION AND
SO I THINK TURNING THAT AROUND
IS ESSENTIAL PROVIDING THE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT
THE NAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND I THINK
SPECIAL EDUCATION SCIENCE AND
MATH A HUGE TEACHER SHORTAGES
WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN MEET
THE NEEDS OF THOSE CHILDREN.
.
ARE YOU STILL WORK IN IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I KNOW.
THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS IS
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN. A SO
MAKING SURE THAT ART OUR
TEACHERS HAVE THAT TRAINING THAT
CONTINUING THAT'S ONGOING THEY
HAVE TIME TO COLLABORATE. ON WE
REALLY HAVE TO TEACH.
TREAT TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
SO I I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM
THE EXPERTS WHO'VE BEEN AROUND
THE COUNTRY IF YOU AGREE WITH
THOSE STATEMENTS BECAUSE IT WILL
BE PART OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
SAY. PERHAPS AN ARTFULLY ABOUT.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH EDUCATION IS
IT TAKES.
YOU HAVE TO PARENTS WHO ARE
ENGAGED.
WHO WEREN'T WORKING THREE JOBS
SO THAT THEY CAN'T ATTEND A
PARENT TEACHER MEETING?
YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHILDREN COME
TO SCHOOL WITH FOOD IN THEIR
BELLIES AND NOT SUFFERING FROM.
PHYSICAL AILMENTS OR. A DENTAL
PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO. A DOCTOR. OR DENTIST.
.
POVERTY I THINK PLAYS A CRITICAL
ROLE HOW I THINK ABOUT THE GREAT
STATE OF VERMONT.
AND.
UNITS FAIRLY HOMOGENEOUS.
IT'S A SMALL STATE.
MASSACHUSETTS DOESN'T HAVE THE
SAME.
OF ARE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS
MAYBE TEXAS DOES BUT THAT. THAT
THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER
CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY
BEEN THERE ALL SORTS OF
CHALLENGES HERE THAT ARE. BE
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I I I
DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU WOULD BE
WONDERFUL IF WE HAD ALL THE SIX
FARM WONDERING FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF A NATIONAL.
OF POINT OF VIEW IF YOU COULD
SHARE WITH US YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT THOSE ITEMS.
OF JUST A QUICKLY TOUCH ON
MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE IT WAS
BROUGHT UP IN ITS STATE THAT
GETS POINTED OUT. THEY DO A
GREAT JOB ON.
THEY LEAD THE NATION AND A LOT
OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
INCLUDING GRADUATION RATES.
OUR TEST SCORES IN MATH AND IN
ENGLISH NOT JUST FOR THEIR
GENERAL ADVOCATES BUT FOR THEIR
AT RISK KIDS TO.
AND THE WAY THEY DID THAT BACK
IN NINETY THREE YEARS THERE WAS
A COMMITTEE MEETING TALKING
ABOUT THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMITTEE
IN A DIFFERENT ROOM IN THE
LEGISLATURE TALKING ABOUT THE
SCHOL FUNDING FORMULA. THERE
HAPPEN TO BE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE
ON BOTH COMMITTEES.
AND THEY SAID WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT THESE TOGETHER.
SO THE CREATED A FUNDING FORMULA
THAT WAS BASED ON THEIR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
AND WE WHICH WE WOULD SAY THAT
IS WHAT.
YOU SHOULD DO.
YOU SHOULD PUT THOSE TWO THINGS
HAND IN HAND SO THEY TALKED
ABOUT THINGS LIKE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY SAID THAT'S IMPORTANT
SO THERE'S A LINE ITEM IN THERE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MONEY THAT EVERY SCHOOL GETS PER
KID. THEY TALKED ABOUT ON.
YOU KNOW TEACHERS IN THE
CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY ALL THESE
THINGS THAT THEY FELT WERE
NEEDED TO GET SCHOOLS AND GOOD
DOCTORAL OTHER KIDS TO TO STATE
STANDARDS.
WHAT THEM WHAT THEY DID IS THEY
SAID WORKING TO MAKE SURE THIS
MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF
YOU?
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE YOU WHO
DECIDES HOW TO SPEND IT. SO
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY PROVED
OISHI SPENT FIFTY DOLLARS PER
CAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU SPEND LOSS IN YOUR CHIEF
MENACE HIGH WORK GREAT WITH THAT
WE ARE JUST GOING TO CARE ABOUT
YOUR ACHIEVEMENT WE'RE GOING TO
PROVIDE YOU ENOUGH MONEY.
TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO YOU KNOW HOLD
THIS OVER YOU WE'RE JUST GOING
TO WORRY ABOUT ACHIEVEMENT AND
WHAT THEY WILL TELL YOU TO
THOUGH WAS THEY RAISED THE BAR.
THE KIDS ANDTHEY RAISED THEIR
ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS PRETTY
HIGH.
AND THEY SUFFERED FOR YEARS FOR
BAD PRESS
BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING THIRTY
FORTY PERCENT OF THEIR KIDS.
SCORING.
PROFICIENT OR ABOUT.
AND THEY HELD ON.
AND THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP HAVING THESE HIGH STANDARDS
WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE
MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND WE'RE JUST GOING
TO PUSH EVERYONE TO GET THERE.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO
GET THERE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA PUSH ON THAT.
WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS THINK OF
OUTCOMES NOT INPUTS AND IF YOU
DID PROVIDE TWENTY TWO TO FORTY
BILLION AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS?
OR WHATEVER THE EXACT AMOUNT IS.
BOB DON'T THINK ABOUT
MICROMANAGING THINK ABOUT
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WHAT YOU
WANT AND HAVE THOSE EXPECTATIONS
NOW WOULD YOU GIVE ALL THIS
MONEY AND A DISTRICT DOESN'T
ACHIEVE. ALL HOLD OUT OVER THEM
AND THAT'S WHAT MASSACHUSETTS US
A COME BACK AND SAY YOU'RE NOT
ACHIEVING AT THE RATE.
THAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD BE THEY
INCREASE FUNDING INCREASED
FUNDING RIGHT.
SO THOSE THINGS GO HAND IN HAND
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGHER
EXPECTATIONS YOU SOMEHOW NEED TO
COSTS AT ALL TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
PROVIDING THE MONEY TO GET TO
THE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
I'M SAYING WITH THIS TWENTY TWO
TO FORTY BILLION DOLLARS THANK.
BOB SOMETHINGS WE WOULD SAY YOU
DO NEED TO SORT OF MANDATE BUT
IT'S MORE THE WRAPAROUND
SERVICES.
JUST ENSURE THAT THINGS LIKE.
ALL FORTY PER CERTAIN DISTRICTS
THERE IS AT LEAST ONE NURSE IN
THE SCHOOL.
OF FOR SCHOOLS ICE THAT THERE
ARE SOME OF THESE OTHER FOOD
SERVICES AND THINGS THAT ARE
PROVIDED BUT OTHER THAN THOSE
THINGS DON'T MANDATE JUST
PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND
PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO GET THERE.
ARM AND AGAIN TRY. HIS BEST YOU
CAN BUILD INTERLINK YOUR
EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS WITH
YOUR FUNDING FORMULA.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU
APPROVE OF OR YOU THINK THAT THE
FUNDING FORMULA WE'RE USING NOW
IN CALIFORNIA IS A GOOD THING.
AS I HEARD YOU.
AND THAT WE WOULD THEN NEED TO.
CONNECT THAT WITH.
ACHIEVEMENT.
VOTE TO DETERMINE ACHIEVEMENT
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME METRICS.
ARM BUT WE'VE TO SWITCHED OVER
TO A COMMON CORE PROGRAM
CURRICULUM WHICH I HAPPEN TO
THINK OF NOT AS AN EXPERT IN
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO TEACH
YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO THINK.
.
AN EXTRAORDINARY NOTION BUT ARM
A.
HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT HOW ARE
WE GOING TO LINK THE THE? THE
FUNDING TO THE. ACHIEVEMENT
AND.
YOU KNOW IT IS A TESTING I MEAN
WE WERE TESTING SIX YEAR OLD.
SOMEHOW IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT IN
AGAIN DOES THIS.
I KNOW SCHOOL FINANCE WORLD WHEN
YOU START GETTING INTO THE
PROPER TYPE OF SYSTEM I WILL
TELL YOU I'VE BEEN PART OF THE
STUDIES WERE WE ATTEMPT TO. COST
OUT STATE EDUCATION STANDARDS
AND TELL YOU WHAT THAT WOULD
COST RECALL THOSE ADEQUACY
STUDIES TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE
AMOUNT TO GET YOU TO STATE
STANDARDS.
WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TEST
SCORES BECAUSE THAT'S AVAILABLE
TO US WE LOOK AT GRADUATION
RATES. ARM WE LOOK AT SOME INPUT
TO WERE THE CLASS SIZES IN THESE
PLACES WHERE THE COURSE
OFFERINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE. ON
WHAT STUDENT ATTENDANCE I DID
ONE OF THESE IN ONE STATE AND.
THEIR PAY WAS SO LOW THEY HAD A
HARD TIME ATTRACTING TEACHERS.
EVEN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR SO
THEIR TEACHER ATTENDANT GROUPS
RATES IN SOME OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WAS HORRIBLE TEACHERS
WOULD LEAVE HALF WAY THROUGH. SO
THAT'S ANOTHER THING YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT IS AN INPUT MEASURE WHAT
YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON
OUTCOME MEASURES AND THAT'S
GOING TO BE KIND OF UP TO YOU
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND.
MASSACHUSETTS IT WAS TEST
SCORES.
ON THAT'S WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO
THEM AND IT WAS GRADUATION RATES
CAROL WANTS TO JUMP IN RIGHT
QUICK.
WANTED TO.
ADD ONE THING THAT I I SHOULD
HAVE ADDED.
.
WHEN YOU ASK WHAT WHAT ARE THE
COMPONENTS WATER WATER SMART
INVESTMENTS.
AND THAT IS EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION.
OF.
A LOT OF THE STATE HIRING IN MY
BILL YEAH A LOT OF THE STATES
THAT HAVE SHOWN THESE INCREASES
THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL. HAVE
SAID WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU
HAVE CHILDREN WHO COME TO SCHOOL
BEHIND FOR MANY MANY REASONS.
IT THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE THE HAP HECK OF A HARD TIME
CATCHING UP.
AND TE THE OTHER PART OF IT IN
THE EAST.
TYPICALLY AREN'T THOUGHT OF AS
WITHIN OUR K. TWELVE. PROP
NINETY EIGHT BUT I THINK THAT WE
HAVE TO EXPAND WHAT OUR VISION
IS NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT ARE
THOSE THINGS THAT THAT HELP OUR
CHILDREN SUCCEED. SO I WOULD
ADD.
.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WHICH
AS BIRTH TO THREE AND.
THREE DID THREE TO TWO FIVE OR
SIX.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ADD.
EXPANDED LEARNING.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY CHILDREN
SO MANY POOR CHILDREN OF WHO
NEED AFTER SCHOOL CARE WHO NEED
SUMMER CARE WHO NEED. AND WHEN
YOU COMPARE THOSE CHILDREN WITH
THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHER
CHILDREN HAVE THEY FALL BEHIND
UNLESS THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN RICHMOND
AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND AND
REALLY INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE
SUMMER PROGRAMMING. AND SO I
THINK WHEN WE WE LOOK AT THE BIG
THAT THAT BROAD LOOK OF WHAT
SHOULD OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM
INCLUDE.
EDUCATION SHOULDN'T START STOP
AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S THAT BREAK BETWEEN THREE
O'CLOCK AND SIX O'CLOCK IN THE
WORD AND CRIME RISES.
YEAH. RIGHT STAR YOUNG SO WHEN
WE LOOK AT WHAT THE COSTS ARE
THOSE ALSO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN
MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THE
NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
NOT JUST CHILDREN WHO HAVE A
PARENT WHO'S AT HOME WHO CAN
TAKE CARE OF THEM LARGEST LET ME
LET ME JUST FINISH BY SUGGESTING
THAT. OF IT IT SOUNDS.
.
LOGICAL ACTUALLY TO TO LINK
ACCOUNTABILITY IN FUNDING AND
THAT LEAVES.
ME WITH A QUESTION THAT DIED
THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER BUT I
THINK IT'S ONE WE HAVE TO GET TO
IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE
THAT SUCCESS. GRADUATION RATES
TEST SCORES I MEAN GRADUATION
RATES WE GRADUATED A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHO IF
THEY DO GO ON TO FURTHER
EDUCATION NEED TO REMEDIATE
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T REALLY.
LEARNED WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN.
OF I THINK TEXAS IS PROBABLY IN
IT AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS THEY.
THEY GRADUATE PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY LIKE TO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS
HIGH BUT THAT THE CHILDREN
HAVEN'T LEARNED WHAT THEY NEED
TO LEARN AND SO.
I'M NOT A BIG FAN ATTESTS
BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO
TRY TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF OUR. OF FUNDING WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO DO IT SO
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
GETTING. OF THE BANG FOR THE
BUCK THAT WE'RE WE'RE PAYING FOR
AND I THINK ALSO FRANKLY FOR THE
PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
EDUCATION WE HAVE TO START
SHOWING SOME.
SHOWING THEM THAT OUR RESULTS
HAVE IMPROVED AND THAT THE OF
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE. READY TO
GET OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE IN
THEY'VE THEY KNOW HOW TO THINK
SO THAT THEY. CAN PARTICIPATE IS
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND MEMBERS
OF OUR SOCIETY AND. AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND FIGURE
OUT SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM
THE CHAFF WHEN IT COMES AND
THAT'S A PLACE WHERE I CAN SAY
IT. WHEN IT COMES TO.
DETERMINING THEIR OWN FUTURE BY
VOTING.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD REASONS
WHY WE NEED THESE PEOPLE
EDUCATED YOUNGSTERS EDUCATED BUT
AGAIN.
WE HAVE TO IF WE WANNA ASK FOR
MORE MONEY OF.
WE HAVE TO. HAVE SOME ASSURANCES
THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE
WELL SPENT. SO THAT'S.
MY STATEMENT THANKTHANK YOU. MR
MARCHIONNE A PROFESSIONAL YES
MISTER CHAIR YOU HAVE. JUST
BROUGHT AN INCREDIBLE PANEL.
HERE WE GET TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE
TALK TO IS THAT WE'RE ENGAGED IN
A DISCUSSION
THAT'S WHY ONE OF THIS IS
AMAZING YOU HAVE. IS BECAUSE OF
OUR YOU HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL
DROPPED A WHOLE LOAD.
S. I HAVE A PUNCH LINE TO A JOKE
BUT YOU CAPITAL VOTE SO.
CENTER JACKSON TALKED ABOUT
METRIC SO.
PARKER AND MISTER GRIFFITH YOU
SEEM TO BE ANSWERING THESE
QUESTIONS REALLY WELL AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE.
HAVING SOMEONE IN THE ROOM THAT
HAS.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY
EYES SO SO LET ME JUST.
S. GUY HE IN OTHER STATES WHAT
IS THE PERCENTAGE OF CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION
AND WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
I WOULD SAY THERE ARE SOME
STATES THAT YOU OOK AT LIKE
ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN THAT HAVE A
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF KIDS AT A
TIME CHARTER SCHOOLS.
BUT NATIONALLY.
THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS IS
SOMEWHERE IN THE TEN PERCENT
RANGE OR LAST.
SO THE MAJORITY OF KIDS STILL
ATTEND WHAT WE THINK OF AS
TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS AGAIN IT
VARIES FROM STATE TO STATE
THEY'RE STILL HAMPLE A STATES.
THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
I'M WE HAVE THAT NO REPORT OF
OURS AND WE COULD WE BE HAPPY TO
GET THAT TNC LIKE. WELL LIKE I
JUST THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY
BECOMING A CRITICAL ISSUE IN IN
THIS STATE.
THE LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
ARE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT WAS THE MAIN FOCUS IN
THE LAST ELECTION IT WAS.
VERY WALTHY DONORS TRYING TO
GET PRO CHARTER.
BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED TO CHANGE
THE MAJORITY OF THAT BOARD AND
WE'RE SEEING IT IN THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE AS WELL.
I'VE SO NOW WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE A LOT OF MONEY SHOWING UP
AND SO IT.
TIMES IT'S IT'S GETTING TO BE A
BIG ISSUE SUBSTANCE WAS JUST
SORT OF CURIOUS A REALLY NICE TO
KNOW.
THE OTHER THE NEXT QUESTIONS
JUST TO KEEP IT ALL BRIEF IS.
DO YOU KEEP DATABASES ON HOW
MANY PUBLIC.
TEACHERS SCHOOL TEACHERS.
THAT SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
NO WE DON'T AND I DON'T KNOW
ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE THAT
BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE
KIDS.
FIRST UP WE HAVE VERY LITTLE ON
PRIVATE SCHOOL INFORMATION.
BECAUSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS DON'T
HAVE TO REPORT.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IS THERE'S
A SURVEY THAT'S DONE BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PRIVATE
SCHOOLS EACH YEAR. AND IT'S A
VOLUNTARY SURVEY IN SOME
PARTICIPATE SUB DEALT.
BOB BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THOSE KIDS
ARE OTHER THAN WE CAN TELL YOU.
ROUGHLY THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS
WHO GO TO.
RELIGIOUS.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS PURSES NON
RELIGIOUS PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
ALL IN THEM WITH THE RELIGIOUS
THERE'S A BREAK APART BETWEEN
ESSENTIALLY THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
WHICH ARE THE DOMINANT PRIVATE
SCHOOL RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS AND ON
THE OTHER OR THE REASON I'M
ASKING IS MISSED BECAUSE OF OURS
JUST REALLY JUST GIVEN AN
INDICTMENT.
AND SO I AM LOOKING FOR OTHER
AREAS IN AND SO WHEN I SEE
SOMEONE SAYING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM
ISN'T WORKING.
THEREFORE WE WILL START
CHARTERS.
THEREFORE.
WE'RE NOT EVEN SITTING AROUND
KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AS
TEACHERS WERE SENDING THEM TO
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND AND THAT
NUMBER IS RATHER HIGH BUT IT'S.
I THINK A BAROMETER IT'S SAYING
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM SO JUST DATE.
I'D YOU WE DON'T YOU. KNOW I CAN
I CAN JOIN IN A LITTLE BIT IF
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBERS.
AND THAT IS AND I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT A TONE THAT THE THE
INDEPENDENT.
CHARTER SCHOOLS THE SORT OF
ELITE INDEPENDENT CHARTER
SCHOOLS WHERE THEIR TUITION IS
YOU KNOW THIRTY FORTY. THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR.
US SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A DAY.
HUGE DIFFERENCE
IT INVESTMENT BETWEEN BUT THE
SCHOOLS THOSE INDEPENDENT
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WHAT. OF OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE INVESTING IN.
AND WHEN AYE WHEN YOU SAY IT
WAS AN INDICTMENT.
.
I AM A STRONG SUPPORTEROF
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
AND.
I'M NOT HERE TO INDICT PUBLIC
EDUCATION I'M HERE TO SUPPORT.
PUBLIC EDUCATION I STRONGLY
BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD
BE PAID PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
EN I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WE
NEED TO INVEST WE NEED TO LOOK
TO SEE HOW WELL WE'RE DOING.
WHAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE PROVIDING
OUR CHILDREN AND HAVING THAT
STUDY?
THAT WE ASK FOR A SIMPLY HAVING
A HEARING IN SAYING OKAY I'VE
HEARD IT.
DOESN'T MOVEMENT NEIL.
THE REASON WE'RE HERE.
IS TO GET A COMMITMENT FROM THE
LEGISLATURE TO ACTUALLY START
THAT STUDY TO SEE WHAT WE NEED
TO DO.
THERE WAS A LAWSUIT THE LAWSUIT
WENT THROUGH.
IN GREAT DETAIL.
ALL OF THE FACTS THAT I HAVE
GIVEN YOU.
ANDTHE LOOK THE COURTS SAID
THEY SAID. DON'T LOOK AT US
LOOK AT THE LEGISLATURE AND
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. TO GET A
COMMITMENT FROM THE LEGISLATURE
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
COMMITMENT TODAY.
TO SAY LOOK.
WE HAVE AN ISSUE.
WE CAN'T STAY AND SAY WE HAVE TO
CHOOSE WHICH IS GOOD WHICH IS
BAD WHICH KIDS FAIL WHICH KIDS
DO WELL. WE HAVE A COMMITMENT
AND A COMMITMENT IS MORE THAN
WATCHING THE STATUS QUO GO ON
AND ON AND ON THE COMMITMENT IS
ON THE PART OF THE LEGISLATURE.
TO MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO
CHILDREN SAID THIS IS NOT AN
INDICTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THIS ISN'T EFFORT FOR OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS
AND CREATE A PLAN TO MAKE GREAT
SCHOOLS FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD
IN CALIFORNIA.
TO LET ME KEEP GOING WITH
QUESTIONS FOR.
SECURA GRIFFITH AND MISS PARKER.
ALBUM ART DO YOU REVIEW THE
FINANCIAL REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT DO YOU ANALYZE THE
KAFIRS.
BUT WE DON'T USUALLY ANALYZE
KAFFIR REPORTS.
WE TEND TO DO AT THE STATE
LEVEL. AND.
SO WILL LOOK AT STATE FUNDING
IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES. BUT WE
DON'T TEND TO LOOK AT DISTRICT
SPENDING THERE ARE GROUPS OUT
THERE LIKE.
E. R. S. THAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE
A BREAKDOWN THEY DO REPORTS AND
THEY WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND THEY TRY TO HELP YOU KNOW
LOOK AT WHERE THE EXPENDITURES
ARE GOING. ON AND HOW TO SAY
COMPARED TO THINGS LIKE THE
NORMAL BEST PRACTICES.
BUT YOU KNOW WE WE TEND NOT TO
THE. CAVE.
THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE
MISS.
BECAUSE OF OUR ALSO MENTION THE
PENSION ISSUE SO.
AND TWENTY FIFTEEN. THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND ALL THAT.
MUNICIPALITIES HEAD START
PRUNING THE PENSION LIABILITY ON
THEIR BALANCE SHEETS AND THEN
THAT WOULD REFLECT NOW A WHOLE
NEW UNRESTRICTED NET. POSITION
WHICH IS NOW BECOMING A NET
DEFICIT.
SO I JUST LAST WEEK DECIDED
AFTER LISTENING TO OUR
DISCUSSION HERE. ASKED WHO OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES DOING IN
CALIFORNIA. SEVENTY THREE
DISTRICTS.
THREE TWO SEVEN THREE SEVEN
THREE TWO.
AND ONLY ONE HAD A POSITIVE
UNRESTRICTED NET.
POSITION ONLY ONE.
AND ALL THE REST YOU'RE UPSIDE
DOWN AND IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL
CYCLE INTO TWENTY. AYE JUNE OF
TWENTY EIGHTEEN WHEN THOSE
FINANCE REPORTS COME OUT.
THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE
THE RETIREE MEDICAL.
SO THESE. BALANCE SHEETS ARE
GONNA BE.
I'M IT LA UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS WELL OVER TEN
BILLION ON HER AND UNFUNDED
RETIREMENT.
SORT OF TRYING TO FIND FUNDING
BUT THE PENSION SYSTEMS.
AND THE LIABILITIES AND THAT NOW
THE RETIREE MEDICAL IS JUST IS
JUST GONNA. IT'S ALREADY
CHOKING.
EVERYONE OUT SO.
MAYBE MAYBE ISSUED CONTINUE YOUR
ANALYSIS MAY BE FINANCES IS AND
ALWAYS DO YOUR YOUR YOUR
BAILIWICK BUT.
IT'S MINE AND SO YOU KNOW
LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE
METRICS.
IT'S IT'S SCARY.
IT'S SCARY THAT THE YOU THE
TOTAL. UNRESTRICTED NET DEFICIT
OF THOSE.
SEVENTY TWO DISTRICTS.
WAS
FIVE POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE STATE UNDERWATER.
AND THEN THAT DID NOT INCLUDE
TWO POINT FIVE BILLION. IN A
RETIREE MEDICAL SUCH EIGHT
BILLION UNDER WATER.
SO MIGHT JUST A FEW QUICK
QUESTIONS.
HOW DO YOU MONITOR?
?
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR ALL
FIFTY STATES.
DO YOU LOOK AT THE INFLUENCE OF
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS AND.
AND IN ARE THERE RULES IN OTHER
STATES WHERE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS
OR DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY ANALYSIS
ON THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE
SOME PAPERS THAT WE'VE WRITTEN
OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE THAT.
ON THAT KIND OF IN IN IT
PROBABLY WOULD SURPRISE YOU IT'S
OR SOUP TO NUTS THAT ERROR.
EVERY STATE HAS IT A LITTLE
DIFFERENT IN SOME ITS COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING IS ALLOWED IN AND
OTHERS IT'S MILDLY RESTRICTED.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE WORK
RIGHT TO WORK STATES THAT DON'T
ALLOW FOR ANY COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
ON WHAT I WILL SAY IS OTHER
PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO GO THROUGH
INTO ANALYSIS OF.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR
EXPENDITURES IN THERE DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE MUCH OF A CORRELATION
BETWEEN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AND NOT.
YOU KNOW.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STATES
AGAIN WHERE THE STATE
ESSENTIALLY CONTROLS TEACHER
PAY.
SO IN THOSE PLACES IT WOULDN'T
SURPRISE YOU THAT WE TEND TO SEE
A CONTROL OF TEACHER PAY.
BECAUSE THE STATE'S MAKING THE
DECISION. ON SOME STATES LIKE
THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY
KNOW EVERYONE TEACHER NO MATTER
WHERE THEY TEACH WILL GET AT
LEAST THE SORT OF STATE MINIMUM
STATE MANDATED PAY.
BUT WHAT IT ALSO MEANS A SECURE
HIGHER COST.
DISTRICT IN YOUR STATE. IN THE
STATE'S CONTROLLED SALARIES YOU
HAVE A HARD TIME RECRUITING.
UP IN THOSE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS
NO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT IS SIMPLY A
STATE LEGISLATIVE DECISION TO DO
THESE THINGS.
EVEN THOUGH STATES I SHOULD TAKE
THAT BACK THERE IS COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING ON EVERY ISSUE BUT
SALARIES.
SO IN BENEFITS.
UP IN A COUPLE OF THE SOUL LIKE
WEST VIRGINIA WHICH IS A VERY
PRO UNION STATE. HAS COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING IN THEIR DISTRICTS
WHAT YOU CANNOT DURING A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DEAL WITH
SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
STOP AT THE STATE.
ON SO AGAIN THIS IS.
WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU IF YOU
LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING LAST TIME I WAS LIKE
TO SEE THAT IN THE MY LAST
QUESTION THEN.
IT'S TRUE GRAVERT HIS.
.
BECAUSE OF NATIONAL ADVANCE WERE
WE'RE SEEING A CONCERN ABOUT
GUNS.
WHAT MORE PREDOMINANTLY AND
OURS WERE GETTING REQUEST TO
HIRE SECURITY GUARDS?
AND I'D I'D RATHER HIRE
COUNSELORS.
THEN SECURITY GUARDS I'M JUST
WONDERING IF YOU'RE SEEING A
TREND IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND.
WE HAVE A PAPER THAT ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES WROTE THAT HAS BEEN
GAINING QUOTED AN AWFUL LOT NOW
AND IT HAS COLLECTED THE STATE
POLICIES TOWARD SOME OF THESE
THINGS ON STUDENT SAFETY. WE CAN
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A COPY
OF THOSE.
ON SOME STATES HAVE LOOKED AT
ARMING THEIR TEACHERS AND WE'VE
COLLECTED THAT.
WHAT WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED?
A AND I IT MIGHT EXIST FROM
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. IS THE
PLACES THAT THERE ARE SOME
STATES THAT PROVIDE SAFETY
OFFICERS TO ALL OF THEIR SCHOOLS
ESSENTIALLY REQUEST IT.
ARM AND IN SOME CASES IT'S A
SPORT COSTS IN OTHER CASES. A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE STATE
BUDGET PICKS UP THAT COST.
BOB SO YOU KNOW SCHOOL SAFETY
OFFICERS.
VERY AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND
THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE STATES
ACTUALLY REQUIRE SCHOOL SAFETY
OFFICERS WE DON'T PROVIDE ANY
FUNDING FOR IT SORTS OF YOU KNOW
ONE OF THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES
BUT IT WAS TO.
THAT WAY.
SO IT I WILL SAY.
MOST OF THAT WAS DONE IT FOR A
VERY DIFFERENT REASON HAD A VERY
DIFFERENT TIME. THAT WAS.
STUDENTS SAFETY BECAUSE OF HIGH
CRIME AREAS.
THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN PART
OF THE MASS SHOOTING.
WERE NOT PART OF THAT SYSTEM FOR
THE MOST PART THESE ARE SUBURBAN
DISTRICTS.
THAT WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR A
LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS.
THEN.
WE HAVE PROP NINETY EIGHT.
TRY IT ON THIS IF YOU'RE
FAMILIAR WITH.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER STATES HAVE
A SIMILAR MODELER WE UNIQUE.
SO I ARTS TOOK A STEP BACK TO GO
PROP THIRTEEN. OF THEM WHICH IS
YOUR YOUR PROPERTY TAX CAP.
YOU STARTED THAT ELEMENT BEGAN
HERE IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AND.
A WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING
IN SCHOOL FINANCE THOSE TYPES OF
CAPS ON LOCAL REVENUE WERE NOT
THERE.
IN SO YOU.
BUT NOW THEY ARE TO THE MAJORITY
OF STATES.
ALL THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY YOUR STATE HAS A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING COMING
FROM THE STATE LEVEL THE LOCAL
LEVEL BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE
LOCAL CAPS.
BOB WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT
TREND THOUGH HAPPENING. IN OTHER
PLACES.
IS SPARSE THE REST YOUR FORMULA
GOES A PROP NINETY EIGHT ALL
THAT.
I WOULD SAY.
YOU KIND OF LEADING THE NATION.
BUT IT IS YOU KNOW THERE ARE A
COUPLE OTHER STATES THAT ARE
MOVING THAT WAY.
.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WE
TALK ABOUT WHEN WE SAY FOR
INSTANCE AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY
TWO BILLION FOR EDUCATION OTHER
STATES ARE THAT THEY'RE SPENDING
HIGHER AMOUNT.
AND A LOT OF THOSE CASES IT'S
BECAUSE THEY CAN PULL THAT MONEY
FROM LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
SO IN MASSACHUSETTS ONE OF THE
WAYS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND
MORE. IS THEY REQUIRE YOU WAS A
DISTRICT TO RAISE MORE MONEY. IN
YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES BEFORE
THE STATE'S GOING TO PUT IN
THEIR SHARE.
ALL YOU WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME
DOING THAT UNDER YOUR CURRENT
STRUCTURE
BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST NOT ALLOWED
TO GO BACK.
AND FOR SELF THESE INCREASES
OUR. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE
SEEN IN OTHER PLACES AND AGAIN
WHILE YOU'RE YOU'RE FUNDING IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT IT'S DICTATED
BY THAT DECISION A PROP
THIRTEEN.
WELL YOU SEE IT'S A COMPLEX
TOPICS OF OUR ARMED REALLY WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR BOTH COMING
OUT.
HELPING.
I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR GRASP OF
THE SUBJECT DO YOU THINK YOU.
COULD I JUST THE FOLLOW UP ON A
COUPLE YET SO I WANT TO BE
CLEAR.
OF THE SENATOR RAISE THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUE DID
I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THAT REALLY
HAS NO CORRELATION.
WITH.
THE. A PERFORMANCE OF OF.
FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
THAT EITHER HAVE IT OR DON'T
HAVE IT IT'S LIKE APPLES AND
ORANGES. IT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
CORRELATION I'M SEEN SOME TRY TO
LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AS YOU'D
EXPECT THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENCES IN DISTRICTS AND
STATES.
THAT THERE ARE SO MANY
VARIABLES IN YOU BROUGHT UP ONE
IN THIS IS ONE OF THESE. THESE
ISSUES WE HAVE A HARD TIME ONLY
BECAUSE SCHOOL FUNDING.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN
EXPECTATIONS AND PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
AND PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS CAN
CHANGE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND
AWAY.
AND I WAS DOING A STUDY AND.
CONNECTICUT AND AT THE SAME TIME
I WAS DOING ONE IN MISSOURI.
THERE EXPECTATION IN MISSOURI
THEIR HOPE WAS TO GET FORTY
PERCENT OF THE KIDS TO GO ON TO
USE.
SOME FORM OF EDUCATION AFTER
HIGH SCHOOL MAINLY YOU OR YOUR
COLLEGE BUT TO YOUR CULTURE
TRAINNG SCHOOL.
I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE IN
CONNECTICUT MENTION THAT THAT'S
THEIR EXPECTATION PEOPLE IN
CONNECTICUT LAUGHED AT ME. AND
ONE. PRINCIPLE SAID.
WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE WERE ONE KID SHOT OF A
HUNDRED PERCENT OF MY GRADUATION
CLASS GOING ON FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
WE HAVE FORTY PERCENT GOING TO
IVY LEAGUER IVY LEAGUE RECORD
THREE SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
EXPECTATIONS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT. AND ONE OF THE
MEASURES IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT
STUDENT SUCCESS ONE OF THE BEST
SINGLE PREDICTOR. IS THE
MOTHER'S EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
LEVEL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU CAN IT'S
ONE OF THE BEST PREDICTORS PER
STUDENT AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING
TO GO CANNOT PERFECT RIGHT BUT
IT GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD
UNDERSTANDING.
ALL.
WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM ASKING
THOSE QUESTIONS KIDS.
WHEN THEY COMMENT BUT THAT'S
SOMETHING A LOT OF STATES TRYING
TO GET AT WHEN THEY LOOK AT
THINGS.
IF WE USE THAT AS A MEASURE OF
AT RISK WE COULD PROBABLY TARGET
THE MONEY A LOT BETTER.
BECAUSE WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE
THOSE THINGS OUT.
BUT THAT'S OUTSIDE OUR WORLD IT
AND WE'D LOVE THE INTERESTING
PARA AND THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE
TO ME AS I WAS SUGGESTING THAT
WAS THAT. WE WERE ALL EXPECTED
TO GO TO COLLEGE.
AND AND I THINK WE ALL DO IT.
KNOWING THAT WE SHOULD JUST YOU
EXPECTED TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS PROP
THIRTEEN.
.
DID DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT. IF
WE WERE NOT LIMITED. BY PROP
THIRTEEN THAT MIGHT BE AN
ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF MONEY.
TO FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IN OTHER WORDS IF IF LOCAL
PROPERTY TAXES ON TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND NOW IT MAKES SENSE I
HAVE A BROTHER WHO STILL LIVES
IN NEWTON.
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW
THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
WELL THEY'VE GOTTA SOMETHING
KINDA SIMILAR TO PROP THIRTEEN
THERE.
THEY ALSO CAN ADD LOCAL
PROPERTY TAXES WHICH DO IN FACT.
ADD TO THE AMOUNT OF OF PER
PUPIL SPENDING AND DO AND IN
CERTAIN DISTRICTS WHERE THEY
EXPECT PEOPLE TO GO TO COLLEGE.
ALLOW THEM TO OF FOCUS ON THAT
WAS HERE WHERE WE'RE JUST TRYING
TO LIFT UP SOME OF THESE KIDS
WHO.
YOU KNOW WHOSE FOLKS HAVEN'T
EVEN HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION SO
OBVIOUSLY IT'S APPLES AND
ORANGES BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING
RESOURCES AVAILABLE IF WE WERE
ABLE TO.
TAP INTO SOME OF THE LOCAL
PROPERTY TAXES DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT WOULD GIVE US ADDITIONAL OF
MORE FUNDING THAT WE NOW CALL
UPON THE STATE TO PROVIDE. IF
YOU HAVE TRYING TO WEAR THIS.
POLITICALLY CORRECT IF YOU'LL
JUST BE PRIVILEGE HONESTLY IF IT
WERE GONE THEN YOU COULD AS POP
STATE POLICYMAKERS MAKE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT.
AND YOUR DECISIONS COULD BE TO
REQUIRE MORE FUNDING FROM
LOCALS.
IN WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS YOU
KNOW IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE
COUNTRY ARE THE STATES THAT HAVE
DONE THAT. THEY HAVE SAID TO
SOME OF THE WEALTHY DISTRICTS
ESPECIALLY LOOK YOU'RE YOU'RE
ABLE LARGE PROPERTY TAX BASE YOU
NEED TO COME UP WITH A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING.
FROM LOCAL WILL PAY THE REST
BEYOND THEIR.
BOB YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE
PROP THIRTEEN RIGHT THERE THAT'S
KEPT SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT
HAVE THEORETICALLY A LARGE.
.
PROPERTY VALUE PER KID AMOUNT
THAT'S AVAILABLE THEY JUST CAN'T
TAP THAT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT
MASSACHUSETTS AND YOU LOOK AT
SOME THE OTHER SYSTEMS.
IT'S A SYSTEM THAT THEY SAY
BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL
FUNDING WE'RE GOING TO GUARANTEE
YOU GET THIS ABOUT. IF YOU'RE
POOR WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU
MOST OF THAT.
AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL
THE GAP IN THERE IF YOU'RE
WEALTHY WERE ONLY GOING TO GIVE
YOU THIS MUCH AND YOU'VE GOT TO
FILL UP THE CLASS WITH YOUR OWN
MONEY.
FROM.
DIFFERENT WAY TO THINK FUNDING
BUT AGAIN IT'S REALLY NOT
SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO
YOU BECAUSE OF PROP THIRTEEN.
IN MY OWN HOME STATE ARM.
WE HAVE THE TAXPAYER BILL OF
RIGHTS
WHICH IS SIMILAR IN THE BACK
THAT EVEN IF DISTRICTS WANTED TO
THEY CAN'T GO TO THE VOTERS.
BEYOND A CERTAIN YOU CAN GO TO
THE VOTERS FOR CERTAIN OUT BUT
BEYOND THAT YOU.
CAN'T HELP THAT FUNDING.
BOB SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE
YEARS AND IT'S KIND OF WHAT
YOU'VE SEEN HERE IN HOLD STATE.
THE PERCENTAGE OF MONEY COMING
FROM LOCALS KEEPS GOING DOWN IN
THE PERCENTAGE GOING BUT COME
FROM STATE KEEPS GOING UP. PARA
ONE GOOD JUMPING UP QUICK IF
YOU'RE A I I'M I'M PRETTY SURE
YOU'RE AWARE OF THE INITIATIVE
THAT'S.
TRYING TO GET OF SIGNATURES ON
THE BALLOT THE CALIFORNIA.
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY FIRST
INITIATIVE AND IT DOES SOMETHING
INTERESTING IN THIS AREA OF.
SCHOOL FUNDING.
IT WOULD REASSESS COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY.
AND.
IT HAS A MECHANISM SO THAT OF
ABOUT FORTY PERCENT OF THE THE
REASSESSMENT WOULD GO TOWARDS
EDUCATION.
BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE
EQUITABLE. THAT MONEY WOULD
ACTUALLY GO INTO THE STATE AND
BE DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO THE
LOCAL CONTROL AND FUNDING
FORMULA SO THAT A. OF DISTRICTS
THAT NEED AND DISTRICTS THAT
THAT NEEDED MORE OUGHT YOU'RE
DIRECTING THE MONEY EQUITABLY
FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED IT SO THAT
YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU HAPPEN TO
BE WHO LIVE IN A VERY WEALTHY
DISTRICT DOES MEAN PILE ON MORE
MONEY FOR THAT DISTRICT. IT
MEANS DISTRIBUTE THAT MONEY.
TO ALL OF THE KIDS IN
CALIFORNIA AND THAT DOES MAKE A
OF A DENT IN. A WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THEY ANTICIPATE
THAT THAT WOULD RAISE ABOUT
FORTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS.
ITS RIGIDITY OF ANYMORE YOUR.
ALRIGHT.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY
ROBUST HEALTHY CONVERSATION.
.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATED A COUPLE
OBSERVATIONS I WOULD.
I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUE.
I LIKE SAM MY LEFT.
PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU NORMALLY ON
MY RIGHT YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT I
ENJOY SINGING MY KALIAMMAN HAVE.
I DIDN'T HEAR AN INDICTMENT
WHAT I HEARD WAS A CRY FOR HELP.
AND A PLEA FOR MORE RESOURCES.
AND I ALSO HEARD THAT.
.
TO USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE
LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA
BEING HEALTHY PIPES.
WE JUST NEED TO UP THE PRESSURE
AND I THINK THAT'S IN CONCERT
WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WHICH
PRESSURE IS MORE RESOURCES.
THE OTHER PIECE.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A TEACHER
SHORTAGE IN.
CALIFORNIA WE HAVE A TEACHER
RETENTION ISSUE AND I THINK IT'S
DIRECTLY TIED TO. YOU KNOW OTHER
PROFESSIONAL CAREERS HAVE FOR
COLLEGE GRADUATES PAY. MORE THAN
WHAT WE PAY.
TEACHERS
TO LIVE IN A STATE THAT'S ALSO A
HIGH. COST STATE AND.
YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S A VERY
VALID.
ISSUE YOU KNOW FOR GOING TO
RECRUIT MORE RECRUIT MORE
TEACHERS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY CAN.
SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.
I'M I THINK THEY ARE THEY ARE
TIED TOGETHER IN THE COST OF
LIVING. IN CALIFORNIA IS IS A
FACTOR IN ALL OF THAT.
.
AND I THINK THE OTHER
INTERESTING THING MANY OF US WHO
WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL I'VE I'M
BEING ONE OF THEM.
YOU KNOW I REMEMBER MY SCHOOL
HAD A NURSE.
MY SCHOOL HAD A LIBRARIAN.
MY SCHOOL HAD AN ART TEACHER.
MY SCHOOL HAD ADEQUATE
COUNSELORS TO STUDENT RATIO.
AND THE FRESHER ANYTHING FOR ME
WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN THE
LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE GIVE
THE UC HERE THE CAL STATE.
IS WE ARE THE GENERATION THAT
BENEFITTED FROM THAT INVESTMENT
IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
NOT NECESSARILY PASSING THAT
BENEFIT TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
YOU NOVEMBER UC USED TO BE YOU
KNOW THOUSAND DOLLARS A.
SEMESTER AND CAL STATE WAS TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES WERE FREE.
IN CALIFORNIA AND SO.
.
I KNOW YOU WANT US TO SAY. WE'RE
GOING TO GIVE ME THAT TWENTY
BILLION DOLLARS BUT I. I'M I'M
NOT ASKING FOR THE TWENTY
MILLION DOLLARS ALL I'M ASKING
FOR. IS A COMMITMENT TO CREATE A
PLAN WELL HERE'S WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY.
YOU AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN YOU
KNOW AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AND
THE TEACHERS ON THE CLASSIFIED
STAFF.
HAVE BEEN DOING A VERY EFFECTIVE
JOB IN MAKING THIS ISSUE RISE TO
THE LEVEL OF OF PRIORITY AND I
NO NOT JUST THE THREE OF US WHO
SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE. THERE ARE
MANY LEGISLATORS IN BOTH HOUSES
THAT WANT TO. INCREASE THE
PRESSURE INCREASE THE DOLLARS.
THE SENATE HAS A MODEST
PROPOSAL SO FAR. TO INCREASE THE
BASE AND ELSIE FF.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT
OF WHICH IS IMPORTANT RIGHT.
AND I WOULD BE ON GOING.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT
OF DISCUSSION.
AFTER.
MAY REVISE COMES OUT.
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
WE HAVE WITH PROP NINETY EIGHT
IS IT IT SETS OF A FULL WORK.
BUT ALSO.
CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF AN
INTERESTING ISSUE IF WE WERE TO
USE MORE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS
AFTER THE MAY REVISED.
THAT WOULD GET FACTORED INTO THE
BASIN. YOU KNOW THAT CREATES OF
SOME OTHER ISSUES.
.
AND SO TO ME THIS CONVERSATION
TODAY WAS THE FIRST IN TRYING TO
COME UP WITH A PLAN I THINK ALL
THE QUESTIONS.
WERE WERE EXCELLENT.
AND.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT IF WE.
INVESTING CLASS SIZE REDUCTION
OF WE INVEST IN OUR TEACHERS IF
WE INVEST.
IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
EARLY CARE.
YOU KNOW WE KNOW WHAT A THIRD
GRADER UNFORTUNATELY. WE KNOW A
LOT ABOUT A THIRD GRADERS LIFE
FROM LOOKING AT THOSE THIRD
GRADERS.
SO.
I WAS HAPPY TO DO THIS AND I
THINK THAT CONVERSATION WAS
ROBUST AND YEAH WE'RE GOING TO
WORK ON A PLAN.
WHILE IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE NO.
BUT THANK YOU AND IT WILL I KNOW
YOU'LL BE IN MY FACE FOR THE
NEXT SEVEN YEARS YES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CRISIS HAS GONE.
ALRIGHT CHALLENGES CHALLENGE TO.
TO MICHAEL AND EMILY.
.
SHOULD YOU COME BACK WE IT AND
AND GIVE A REPORT.
BOB WHEN YOU LOOK AT
COMPENSATION WOULD YOU SEE IF
YOU CAN GET TOTAL COMPENSATION.
SALARY MEDICAL RETIREE ALL THE
COMPONENTS
AND THEN COMPARE THAT WITH THE
OTHER. FORTY NINE STATES.
AND THEN YEAH I'D I'D LOVE TO
HAVE A PLAN HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
FINANCIAL PLANS FOR MC ISSUE AND
UC. JUST FOR TEN YEARS AND I'M
NOT GETTING.
I'M NOT GETTING A RESPONSE NOTES
IT IN WHEN YOU DO THAT WE ALSO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE.
THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME WE'RE
SEEING TEACHERS TEACHERS FIVE
YEARS SO THEY DON'T QUALIFY.
UNDER THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
SO I THINK WE NEED ALL THOSE
NUMBERS.
INORDER TO GET AN ACCURATE
HONEST STRAIGHTFORWARD PICTURE
OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE. AND I
WOULD ALSO ADD TO IT YOU KNOW.
A COMPARISON TO WHAT OTHER
BACHELORS DEGREE.
POSITIONS PAY AND IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR WORKFORCE.
YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S A
GERMANE COMPARISON WHERE I HAVE
SOME DATA THAT I CAN SEND YOU
YEAH I MEAN I THINK THAT'S THAT
TELLS THE COMPLETE PICTURE
BACHELOR'S DEGREES.
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMPARED
TO WHAT WE PAY TEACHERS.
AND I THINK WILL BE WILL BE
QUITE ALARMED BY THE
DISCREPANCY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MITCHELL KEEPS GOING FROM THE
RALLY.
I WAS GONNA BREAK WITH PROTOCOL
I NORMALLY DO ALL THE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT THE END OF THE WHOLE
THING. BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY
WHO HAS A BURNING DESIRE TO WANT
TO ADD A MINUTE ON THIS.
I WOULD LET YOU COME UP AND THIS
IS SINCE THIS WAS SUCH A MEETING
CONVERSATION.
YOU WANNA COME UP AND HAD A A
COMMENT WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE IT
BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY VERY BROAD
CONVERSATION AND I.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN PATIENT
THROUGH IT SO.
THANK YOU.
I MY NAME'S MARTHA HANSON I'M A
PARENT.
EVERYTHING YOU DO AFFECTS MY
CHILD MY CHILDREN.
.
IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THIS HERE IS.
A TEST THAT MY EIGHT YEAR OLD
SON TO.
MY EIGHT YEAR OLD SON HAS
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES.
AND HE DOES NOT KNOW HIS
ALPHABET
HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER
FIVE LOOKS LIKE.
AND HE SPELLS HIS NAME WHICH IS
JACOB JCOP HE SPELLS IT Q. FIVE
ZERO C. B. O..
BOOK CALLED THE LAST LETTER BE.
MY SON HAD I MYSELF HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING TO GET MY CHILD IN THE
SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WILL SAVE I JUST LIVE ACROSS
THE BRIDGE NOT TRYING TO CALL
OUT DISTRICTS OR ANYTHING.
I'VE BEEN FIGHTING VERY HARD.
TO GET MY CHILD IN THE SPECIAL
EDUCATION FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
WE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT THE OUT
A CHARTER SCHOOL.
AND WE CHOSE TO LEAVE AND GO
INTO OUR DISTRICT.
TODAY.
IS MY THIRD.
INDIVIDUAL ALLIED'S EDUCATIONAL
PLAN MEETING THAT I PERSONALLY
HAD A CALL.
.
IN THE PAST EIGHT WEEKS
BECAUSE ALL THESE GREENS HAVE
THIS IS MY SON'S IEP.
ALL THESE GREEN TABS ARE
DISCREPANCIES IN WHAT WAS AGREED
UPON AND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY
WRITTEN.
AND MARK IT ISSUED I'M SORRY
THIS COMES DOWN TO THE FUNDING
THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.
OUR DISTRICT AND ALL DISTRICTS
AREN'T BEING ALLOWED THE PROPER
FUNDING TO GO INTO SPECIAL ED IN
OUR CHEAP TEACHERS ARE UNDER
EDUCATED FOR OUR SPREAD YOU.
DIDN'T STUDENTS TO BE IN GENERAL
ED THANK YOU.
HELLO AND MY NAME IS LOOKING
ANDERSON AND AND.
SPEAKING AS EAST INFRASTRUCTURE
MYSTIQUE UNIVERSITY.
NOT ON THEIR BEHALF BUT JUST.
AND.
BY THE PUBLIC SO I M. OKAY
WONDER ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN
ALREADY AND.
REITERATE THAT THERE'S TWO
MAJOR ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING
THIS OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.
AND THE TWO PROPOSITIONS IN
GENERAL IS A PROP NINETY EIGHT
WHICH HAS THAT PROVISION THAT
CUT CREATES A NEW THAT CREATES A
GAP PRICE CEILING.
ON ON HOW WE FUND.
AND PROP THIRTEEN WHICH SEVERELY
LIMITS ARE HOW MUCH LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS CAN RAISE FOR SCHOOLS.
AND A.
IF I IF I MORE TIME OF GOING TO
DETERMINE THOSE BUT I JUST. I
JUST LIKE LOOKING DEEPER INTO
THOSE AND SEE IF WE CAN
ALLEVIATE SOME THE ISSUES THAT
THOSE TWO PROPOSITIONS GREAT IN
OUR SYSTEM THANK YOU.
I IN ENDICOTT BROUGHT TO WITH
THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
CAME UP ARE I WOULD SAY WE WOULD
AGREE WITH MANY OF THE COMMENTS
THAT WERE MADE IF. IF WE'RE
LOOKING AND YOU FUNDING AND HOW
DO WE PROVIDE THAT FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION. WE SHOULD REALLY BE
LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THOSE
STUDENTS WITHIN SPECIAL ED. AYE
AND WE WOULD AT THAT WE SHOULD
ALSO BE LOOKING AT THOSE
STUDENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE
DISABILITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
THAT AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
THERESA BRADLEY I'M HERE AS
FIRST A.
A BOARD MEMBER FOR CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION FOR RESOURCE
SPECIALIST PLUS ALL OTHER
SPECIALLY EDUCATORS AND I SAT ON
THE BOARD FOR CARS PLUS.
I MY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
AND I TEACH MODERATE SEVERE
DISABILITIES AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL LEVEL. I TEACH THE
FUNCTIONAL ACADEMICS.
AND I AM ALSO A PARENT OF
STUDENTS WHO ARE GIFTED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT.
RESOURCES ARE NEEDED. AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT COULD HELP IS TO
HAVE.
THE PAIR EDUCATORS IN THE ROOM.
BE PAID AND GET BENEFITS AND
THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE HEALTHY
PEOPLE HELPING THE CHILDREN.
THEY TEND TO SHOW UP BE HAPPIER
WITH THEIR JOB. AND THEY CAN BE
MORE EFFECTIVE IN TEACHING.
I DO HAVE SOME THINGS HERE TO
SHARE I DON'T KNOW WHO I HAND
THEM TO. AND THEN I WANTED TO
ALSO LET YOU KNOW I MET A
TEACHER THIS YEAR WHO MOVED FROM
ANOTHER STATE. AND IT'S THE
FIRST TIME ISSUES WORKED IN
ARTISTIC AND SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO
COME TO CALIFORNIA AND BE A
TEACHER AND THE.
WAVE OF CALIFORNIA BEING MORE
FROM A DOMINANT TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND SHE SAID I'M GOING TO LEAVE
THE STATE BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE
DOING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS.
IS HORRIBLE AND TERRIBLE.
THANK YOU SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE
THAT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM
AND I'M GONNA TURN THE GAVEL
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE. AND I'LL
BE RIGHT BACK.
LET'S HAVE A.
PANEL FOR ISSUE FOR LINEUP THAT
MEANS YOU DEBORAH BROWN.
I MISS THE PHONE CALL THE ROLL
OF.
WELCOME. DEBORAH YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR.
I I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TURN IT
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO PRESENT
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU KEITH ISLAMIC
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE I'LL BE
PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
STATE OPERATIONS BUDGET.
AS PROPOSED IN THE TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN A GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND
I MOVE ON TO THE SPECIFIC
ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN
THE. AGENDA.
SO THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
INCLUDES A TOTAL OF THREE
HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE BILLION
DOLLARS TO SUPPORT STATE
OPERATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. OF THIS AMOUNT TO OUR
SIXTY FIVE MILLION IS PROVIDED
TO SUPPORT FIFTEEN HUNDRED
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS.
AT THE DEPARTMENT'S
HEADQUARTERS THIS CONSISTS OF
FIFTY FIVE MILLION IN GENERAL
FUND.
Y. A TWO MILLION FEDERAL FUNDS
IN TWENTY MILLION OTHER FUNDS
THE REMAINING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
MILLION DOLLARS SUPPORTS NINE
HUNDRED THIRTY AUTHORIZED
POSITIONS AT THE STATE'S SPECIAL
SCHOOLS AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS
CONSISTING OF FIFTY ONE MILLION.
IN GENERAL FUND FIFTY MILLION
AND PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT
GENERAL FUND AND ELEVEN MILLION
AND OTHER FUNDS.
SO MOVING ON TO THE US SPECIFIC
JUSTIN'S OUTLINED IN THE AGENDA
THERE IS A ONE MILLION DOLLARS
IN FEDERAL TITLE TO FUNDS
PROVIDED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
I MEAN THE DAHLE EDUCATION
PROGRAMS THERE SIX ARE TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
MONEY TO CREATE A LITIGATION
UNIT TO RESPOND TO. PUBLIC
INFORMATION REQUESTS AND OTHER
WORK CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH
SPECIAL EDUCATION ON IN IT
SPECIAL EDUCATION WOULD
LITIGATION.
THERE'S NINE HUNDRED THIRTY
EIGHT THOUSAND AND ONE TIME RE
APPROPRIATED PROPOSITION NINETY
EIGHT. I'M SORRY MONETARY
THOUSAND ONE TIME GENERAL FUND
FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY
COMMISSION TO CONTINUE
DEVELOPING REVISING CONTENT
STANDARDS IN VARIOUS.
ACADEMIC AREAS OF THEM AS
REQUIRED BY RECENT LEGISLATION.
AND THERE'S SEVENTY THOUSAND IN
RE APPROPRIATED PROPOSITION
NINETY EIGHT GENERAL FUND TO
ADDRESS INCREASED OPERATIONAL
COSTS AT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
INFORMATION. SERVICES PROGRAM.
TO LEARN NINETY TREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN JAIL FUND OVERSEE
ADDITIONAL STATE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM CONTRACTS.
ONE HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND
GENERAL FUND TO ADDRESS THE
SECURITY AND PRIVACY WORKLOAD.
ONE HUNDRED. THIRTY ONE THOUSAND
JOE FUNDS REVIEW AND PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
DISTRICT RE RE RE ORGANIZATIONS.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT
THOUSAND GENERAL FUND ADDRESS
INCREASE EDUCATION EQUITY REVIEW
WORKLOAD AS REQUIRED BY RECENT
LEGISLATION. AND LASTLY ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND OFTEN USES
SCHOOLS OF IN APPLING FOR
UNIVERSAL MEAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
PURSUANT TO RECENT LEGISLATION.
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU MISTER NIZAM.
I RYAN ANDERSON.
YES RAINY UNDERSTOOD THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE SO
IS FINANCE OUTLINED THERE'S A
NUMBER OF ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE
OPERATIONS IN THE BUDGET. AYE IN
EACH CASE AND REQUESTING THE
ADJUSTMENT THE DEPARTMENT
REFERENCE TO EITHER LONG
STANDING CONCERNS WITH THEIR
CAPACITY FOR DEALING WITH
CERTAIN ISSUES OR. RECENTLY
ENACTED LEGISLATION AND IN
REVIEWING THESE PROPOSALS
WITHOUT IN ALL CASES BUT ONE.
THE REFERENCE WORKLOAD NEEDS DID
JUSTIFY THE ADJUSTMENT.
THE OF ONE INSTANCE WHERE WE ARE
RECOMMENDING THE LEGISLATURE
ITCH REJECT THE PROPOSED
ADJUSTMENT DOES RELATE TO THE
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS. FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY
TO AUDIT SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO.
AB SIX NINE NINE WHICH THIS
BODY PASSED LAST YEAR SO TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT
BILL DID AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
IS ASKING FOR. PURSUANT TO THE
LEGISLATION.
UNDER PRE EXISTING LAWSUIT
BEFORE EIGHTY SIX NINE NINE. IS
FOOLS WERE REQUIRED TO ENSURE
NON DISCRIMINATION.
AGAINST STUDENTS ON A VARIETY
OF FACTORS THE LIST INCLUDED A.
NATION OF ORIGIN DISABILITY
GENDER GENDER IDENTITY GENDER
EXPRESSION RACE OR ETHNICITY
RELIGION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
ADD TO THAT LONG LIST AB SIX
NINE NINE ADDED IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
NOW.
AND TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE
COMPLYING WITH THAT LONG THEY
ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT SPECIFIC
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. FOR
THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO
INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF
DISCRIMINATION OR BOWLING BASED
ON THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND
ENSURE THAT DISTRICTS ARE DOING
THAT. AGAIN UNDER LAWS THAT
EXISTED BEFORE AB SIX NINE NINE
THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T AUDIT OF
ABOUT FORTY DISTRICTS PER YEAR
CURRENTLY THEY HAVE TO STAFF
MEMBERS WHO DO THIS AUDIT THEY
REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS. OF MAKE
SURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE
* PROCEDURES IN PLACE AGAIN
FOR THIS LONG LIST.
OF CATEGORIES AND AGAIN THE
ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD HERE IS THAT
TO THIS LONG LIST WE HAVE ADDED
THE ADDITIONAL STATUS OF
IMMIGRATION.
.
A STATUS
NOW. OPEN WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE SOME MARGINAL INCREASE IN
WORKLOAD INTO TO THE ADDITION OF
IMMIGRATION STATUS BUT GIVEN
THAT THESE AUDITS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN CONDUCTED ARE ALREADY
CONDUCTED FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF
CONCERNS. ARE ALREADY DONE WITH
TO STAFFERS IT'S NOT CLEAR TO US
THAT ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS
ARE NECESSARY TO MEET THIS
ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD FOR THAT
REASONWE'RE RECOMMENDING THE
LEGISLATURE REJECT THE SPECIFIC
ADJUSTMENT.
MISTER ANDERSON.
DEBORAH BROWN ON BEHALF OF STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TOM PRODUCTS AND ON
BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT WE DO
SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL BY THE.
ADMINISTRATION FOR THOSE.
FOR THE OVERALL FUNDING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE
ADDITIONAL ADD ONS THAT ARE
PROPOSED A IN PARTICULAR I THINK
WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE HAVE
FUNDING FOR THE SPECIAL ED
EDUCATION LITIGATION UNIT. THIS
IS BEEN AN AREA OF DEMAND FOR US
AND WITH AND WE'VE. SEEN
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN AND
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST AS
WELL AS AS LITIGATION ON SPECIAL
EDUCATION AND SO WE'RE VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION PER FOR PROPOSING
TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING. ALSO THE.
INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY
COMMISSION HAVING THAT.
A SUPPORT EARLY ON ALLOWS US TO
CONTINUE THE PROCESS SO THAT WE
CAN MAINTAIN THE TIMELINES FOR
THE ADOPTION OF THE.
MODEL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS AND.
INSTRUCTION MATERIALS WERE
APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROVIDING
THAT IN JANUARY I WILL AND SPEAK
TO THE AND THE ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITIES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH AB SIX NINETY
NINE. SO WE THINK WE IN IN
ENACTING THAT LEGISLATION THAT
THE LEGISLATURE GIVE A SIGNAL
THEY WANTED US TO DO MORE WORK
WE GET REGARDING IMMIGRATION
STATUS. SO IN ADDITION TO
DEVELOPING POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO
IMMIGRATION STATUS WE ALSO HAVE
TO DO ADDITIONAL MONITORING
AROUND THAT AND WELL AS AS WELL
AS EXAMINING M.. ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION SO THAT'S ABOVE
AND BEYOND WHAT THE CURRENT.
ROLES ARE AND PROVIDING A IN
PARTICULAR WAS A PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT
TO DISTRICTS THAT WERE AROUND
THIS AS IT IS THAT. A A NEW AREA
FOR AND I LIAISE UPS AGAIN WE
THINK THAT THE BUT THE
LEGISLATURE INTENDED FOR THERE
TO BE ADDITIONAL AND NOT JUST
THEM THE MARGINAL INCREASE IN
ACTIVITIES. AROUND THIS AREA
GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS
BUT AS SUBJECT AND THE INTEREST
IN KEEPING THE STUDENTS UNSAFE.
SO WE SUPPORT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO
PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I ALSO KNOW THAT IT YOU KNOW
THAT THAT CHEN OPPOSES THE
QUESTIONS AS TO IF THERE ARE
OTHER REQUESTS OUT INTO WOULD
NOTE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL
AREAS SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED
REQUESTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY.
PENDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
OF
FINANCE A AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT
THE MAY REVISION INCLUDES THOUGH
SO IT INCLUDES SOME I'M
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AND.
I'LL PACK WHICH IS THE ENGLISH
LINE OPPRESSION PROFICIENCY
ASSESSMENT AND NAMELY I'M
PROVIDING CREATING AN
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT AS WELL
AS THE COMPUTER BASED
ASSESSMENT.
I'M ALSO FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF I'M EARLY
EDUCATION UP PILOT BILLS THAT
WERE APPROVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE.
LAST YEAR AND THEN ALSO ONE
ITEM WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT
AT IT AT THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS
AROUND DISTRICT OF CHOICE. I'M
IN ADDITION WERE ALSO LOOKING AT
VARIOUS FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
AROUND INCREASING AND SUPPORT
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
CAPACITY BUILDING AROUND THEM
RELATED TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS
THAT FOR STUDENTS AND SO.
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THINGS
AROUND SOME BACK FILLING SOME
LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS AROUND ON
A SEXUAL EDUCATION FOR YOUTH AND
ALSO.
AS SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ YOUTH ON
AND THEN LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL
FUNDING AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.
AND ULTIMATELY INCREASING AND
ACCESS TO SCHOOL BASED HOUSE HOW
CAN THAT THE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT PROVIDE A GREATER
ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE
ARE ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS THAT WE
ARE EXPLORING A WILL BE
REQUESTING OF. THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LEGISLATURE.
VETERANS BROWN.
SENATE JACKSON ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR KISSES HIS ABODE ITEM SHOULD
WE HAVE PUBLIC.
COMING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS
ITEM.
AND I'M WONDERING.
IF KICKING WE BIFURCATE TO VOTE
CAN WE DO. ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND
NUMBER NINE AND THEN VOTE ON IT
EIGHT SEPARATELY.
KATE.
MARTHA CERRITOS IDEAS
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL
EDUCATION AND CALIFORNIANS
TOGETHER AND WE SUPPORT.
ON THIS ITEM ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT
OF FACT THAT THE ADDITIONAL.
BOMBS STAFF IS REQUIRED TO.
FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR
JOBS REGARDING. THE CURRICULUM
OF INSTRUCTIONAL AYE QC
ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WHOLE
LANGUAGE ON STANDARDS.
AUDIENCE SO WE SUPPORT THIS
FUNDING THANK YOU.
COMING.
I INCOME THEY SELL YOU OF
CALIFORNIA WHERE CONVENING
MEMBER OF THE SEXUAL HEALTH
EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE WE WANT TO
FOLLOW UP ON THAT. ITEM THAT
NEVER MENTIONED ABOUT EXPLAINED
FUNDING FOR BACKFILL OF LOS
AFFECT THAT POSITIONS.
WE SUPPORT A REQUEST FOR SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FUND
THREE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
UP TO CONTINUE THREE POSITIONS
BEST.
WITHOUT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING
THERE WILL BE CRITICAL LOSS OF
SEX ED GUIDANCE. AND THIS
GUIDANCE ALLOWS OVERSIGHT AND
IMPLEMENTATION WORK AROUND THE
CALIFORNIA HEALTHY YOUTH ACT.
ALLOWS ONGOING DATA COLLECTION
ON SEXUAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS WHICH
HELPS INFORMS LEGISLATORS WHEN
THEY MAKE DECISIONS. AND IT
CONTRIBUTES TO INVALUABLE
COORDINATION AMONG CITY AGENCIES
AND STAKEHOLDERS ON ISSUES OF
SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPPORT THE
INCLUSION. FINGERNAIL BICU
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK.
JUST ASK A QUESTION MONTH
REGARDING THE SEX HEALTH. I DID
NOTE THAT THERE WAS A STUDY THAT
WAS DONE AND THE NUMBER OF. A
TEENAGE GIRLS GIVING BIRTH HAS
GONE DOWN DRAMATICALLY IN THIS
STATE OR. I THINK GETTING
PREGNANT IN THE STATE ARE
CLEARLY THIS
SEX EDUCATION PROGRAM IS
WORKING.
IS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
ON THE CHART THAT YOU'RE SEEKING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR.
IN A MY CORRECT ABOUT THAT DATA
I BELIEVE SO BUT AT BUT I WOULD
WANT TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS NOT
AN OFFICIAL REQUEST THAT WE HAVE
SUBMITTED THAT'S FAR.
BUT IS ONE WILL BE COMING BACK
TO YOU ONE YES.
I WOULD THINK WITH ALL SUPPORT
TO A PROGRAM THAT.
IS EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN AND AS
A RESULT THEY ARE.
BEING MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE IN
THEIR BEHAVIOR SO I I CERTAINLY
WILL SUPPORT THAT WHEN IT DOES
COME TO US.
GIVEN WILL VOTE THEN ON ITEMS
ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND NINE.
AND.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT OR
SHOULD I BE. OKAY GREAT HAVE A
MOTION BIOTECH THE ROLE.
SENATOR MARLA BY SENATOR
JACKSON'S.
AND.
A GREAT GROSS MISTER CHAIR WE A
BIFURCATED DOES THIS ITEM WE
ARE.
WE'RE JUST VOTING RIGHT NOW FIND
ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND ITEM NINE.
AND WE HAVE TWO VOTES FOR.
ONE THROUGH SEVEN WE HAVE TWO
VOTES.
AND NINE OKAY
I RENTS THREE TO ZERO AND THEN.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
SENATOR PORTANTINO LIKE
SENATOR MARLA NO SENATOR
JACKSON'S.
THIS IS AN ITEM WORD SUGGESTED
WE REJECT THOSE WHO WHO'S
RECOMMENDATION LEóN CHECKED THE
LA OCEAN.
COULD I I'M SORRY I I MY I MISS
THIS.
I THOUGHT I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW.
A.
THE LA DOSIS TO REJECTED LIKE TO
KNOW WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION WOULD LIKE.
YOU KNOW WE DISAGREE WITH THAT.
BUT YES THAT WAS SOME OF THE THE
ISSUES I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT JUST
THEN DISBELIEF ON THAT INTO IN
ENACTING A BEAST IS KOBE SIX
NINETY NINE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
INTENDED US TO DO MORE. THAN
JUST THAT THAT THAT MARK A
MODERATE INCREASE IN THE
ACTIVITIES AND SO THAT'S GREATER
SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO TO DISTRICTS AROUND. A
IMMIGRATION STATUS AND HOW AND
HOW DID BETTER AND ADDRESS SOME
OF THOSE ISSUES AND ALSO AROUND
A INCREASE MONEY MONITORING AND
EXAMINING ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION.
SO WE THINK THERE IS MORE WORK
INVOLVED IN THAT THEN JUST THE
MARGINAL INCREASE ON THAT.
RIGHT IN THE LA O. DISAGREES.
YEAH SO I I WILL NOTE.
THE THIRD ON THERE'S A PROCEDURE
OF COURSE FOR ASKING FOR THESE
ADJUSTMENTS WHAT DID DEPARTMENT
PUTS TOGETHER. A BUDGET CHANGE
PROPOSAL WHICH
SAYS THIS IS WHAT THE ADDITIONAL
WORKLOAD WILL BE FOR THESE.
POSITIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
ASKING FOR THE MONEY THAT BUDGET
CHANGE PROPOSAL A DOES NOT
REFERENCE THE ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE THAT THE DEPARTMENT
IS NOW REFERENCING SNOW WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO EVALUATE. AND
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE THE DEPARTMENT FOR
THAT ADDITIONAL HARDER WE SO IT
SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY FORGOT TO
PUT IN THE REQUEST.
WHICH MAY STILL BE VERY
IMPORTANT WE ARE SEEING A LOT
OF.
ISSUES AROUND IMMIGRATION AND.
NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS WHICH IT
CLEARLY ARE THE.
GOLD STANDARD AND CERTAINLY THAT
THE VALUES OF CALIFORNIA THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED SO.
I WONDER CAN WE KEEP THIS OPEN
AND WOOD IS HERE SO WE GET A
COMMITMENT FROM THE.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THE SUBMIT THAT CHANGE PROPOSAL
WITH ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION.
YES WE WE CAN CAME COMMITTED AND
PROVIDING THE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION SO COULD WE LEAVE
THAT ALSO.
ACTUALLY.
SENATOR JACKSON WERE ADOPTING.
THE EXPANSION.
RIGHT I UNDERSTAND THEY ALEJO'S
I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT BUT. I'D
LIKE TO.
TO BE COMFORTED TO KNOW THAT THE
THAT THE REQUEST HAS BEEN WELL
THOUGHT OUT AND. THAT THE LA OLD
MAY VERY WELL.
APPROVE IT BY WHAT I HEAR YOU
SAYING SHE JUST DIDN'T GET THE
DOCUMENTS SO THERE'S NO WAY TO
EVALUATE AND OVERSEE WHETHER OR
NOT IT WAS COMPLYING WITH THE
THE REQUEST THAT'S CORRECT OUR
RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE
BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL WE WERE
GIVEN. WHICH ONLY REFERENCE THE
MARTIAN WE CAN HOLD QUOTED IN
THE LITTLE ITALY TO THAT JOB GET
OUT OF TO ALRIGHT. AREA YEAH
THINKING I RESENT THAT BUT WE
AND WE CAN VOTE AGAIN I JUST
WANT TO BE SURE THAT.
YEAH EVERYONE'S CLEAR ON WHAT IT
IS IT'S BEING REQUESTED IN THAT
THE FUNDING IS APPROPRIATE AND
THE LA THOUGH. IF YOU DON'T
APPROVE YOU'LL GIVE US A
SUBSTANTIVE REASON WHY RATHER
THAN JUST THAT THE.
DOCUMENTATION WAS INCONCLUSIVE
OKAY SO WE'LL HOLD OPEN ITEM
EIGHT WE'VE APPROVED ITEMS ONE
THROUGH NINE MINUS SIDE OF MATE.
.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA OUR NEXT
ITEM RIGHT.
CAN I.
ISSUE NUMBER FIVE DISTRICT OF
CHOICE
I THINK YOU AND. GOOD
AFTERNOON-MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS I CAN
WITH COUPON WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE SO THIS.
ITEM RELATES TO A BUDGET A CHAIN
PROPOSAL THAT I DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION IT'S MINUTE EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
IT IS A REQUEST FOR ONE
POSITION.
ON AN APPROXIMATE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND GENERAL FUND I TO
COLLECT DATA AND PERFORM OTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE. ACTIVITIES THAT
WERE ADDED ON TO THE DISTRICT OF
CHOICE PROGRAM AS PART OF LAST
YEAR IS A BUDGET AGREEMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HEAD AND FINISHED
THEIR PROPOSAL TO COLLECT THE
DATA AND THE FROM THOSE
ACTIVITIES BY THE TIME THE
ADMINISTRATION HAD COMPLETED.
I IT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET.
I AM SO I THINK I FOR THIS PANEL
TODAY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR JUST A BRIEF. UPDATE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT AND ON WHAT
THEY'RE REQUESTING AND THE
CONTENTS OF THAT.
I BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL AND
THEN PERHAPS A SHORT UPDATE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ON THE
STATUS OF THAT REVIEW.
NEVER BROWN I'M HAVE A STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TOM TILLOTSON YES AS
AS WAS NOTED WE'D WE DID SUBMIT
A BUDGET I AM. A PROPOSAL IN
SEPTEMBER TWO FOR A ONE
ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON TO
SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED
AS PART OF THE I'M. A BUDGET
TRAILER BILL FOUR AND TWO
pTHE AT DISTRICT CHOICE PROGRAM
WAS REAUTHORIZED WE HAVE SINCE
THE SINCE THAT TIME AS AS WAS
NOTED WHEN THEY WERE WRAPPING UP
THE.
UP THAT BAG GOVERNOR'S JANUARY
UP BUDGET PROPOSAL WE HAVE
SUBMITTED THE REPORTS I GIVE YOU
A LITTLE BIT OF OF INFORMATION
BASED ON HOW WHICH THAT
ULTIMATELY THAT LEGISLATION
REQUIRED US TO. SUBMIT A REPORT
THAT OUTLINED HOW WE WERE GOING
TO COLLECT THE ADDITIONAL DATA
THAT WAS REQUIRED. AND AND SO
THAT SO I'M A WITH THAT THE
REQUEST IS FOR ONE POSITION SO
WE THEIR REPORT THAT WE
SUBMITTED PROVIDE AND THAT WAS
PROVIDED TO THE. AND LEGISLATURE
FINANCE IN THE ALEJO WAS IT IS
THE PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO
COLLECT THE DATA FOR DISTRICTS
JUST CHOICE AND THE. PLAN
DESCRIBES HOW THE DEPARTMENT
WOULD PENDING BUDGET ALLOCATION
COLLECT.
THE DATA IN A MANNER THAT MADE
THEM MINIMIZES THE
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND AND THE
STATE SO IN THAT PROPOSAL THE
DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO UTILIZE
TO EXISTING. DATA SYSTEMS THAT.
CALIFORNIA BASIC EDUCATIONAL
DATA SYSTEM REFERRED TO A C.
BEDS AND THE CALIFORNIA
LONGITUDINAL PEOPLE ACHIEVEMENT
DATA SYSTEM CALLED HAS TO REDUCE
THE DATA BURDEN ON DISTRICTS.
AND ENTER A VALID ANDRELIABLE
DATA COLLECTION REPORT IN
FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND THAT THIS
PAST FEBRUARY THE DEPARTMENT
OPEN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS
AGAIN THE REAUTHORIZATION DID
REQUIRE. FOR THE FIRST TIME AT
DISTRICTS THAT ELECTED TO BE
DISTRICTS OF CHOICE TO REGISTER
WITH THE STATE AND SO TO DATE
WITH TODAY WE'VE HAD AND WE HAVE
THIRTY NINE DISTRICTS WHO HAVE
REGISTERED FOR THE PROGRAM. AND
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS
NOTED IN THE ANALYSIS WAS HOW
MANY OF THOSE.
HAVE BEEN ON GOING IT'S ALL WE
CAN SAY IS THAT OF THE THIRTY
NINE DISTRICTS AND WHO OF. OF
THE THIRTY NINE DISTRICTS TWENTY
FIVE OF THOSE DISTRICTS WERE
ALSO I AM A A DISTRICT OF CHOICE
BACK IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY
THAT WAS DONE BY THE ALLEY EL
AND AGAIN. THAT WAS A SURVEY AND
THEN THIS IS NOW THE FIRST TIME
OR ACTUALLY COLLECTING THE DATA
BUT A FAIR AMOUNT. AND HAVE BEEN
AND HISTORICALLY BAND DISTRICTS
OF CHOICE OTHER DEPARTMENT
PROPOSES TO AT FOR THE REQUEST
TO SUBMIT THAT THAT POSITION
BETWEEN.
TWO OF OUR.
AT DIVISIONS AND WE THINK THAT
THIS WILL HELP REDUCE THE COSTS
SAID THESE DIVISIONS CURRENTLY
SUPPORT HELP HAD SINCE THE BATS
THEY'RE ALSO THE SAME A SUPPORT
GROUP WHO ALSO DO THE CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL DIRECTORY THE CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL DASHBOARD. THE SCHOOL
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD IN
THE DATA REQUEST POURED ALL AS
WE DO WE DO SEE THAT SHOULD THIS
BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL NOT BE
FUNDED WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT. TO THE
DISTRICTS OF CHOICE PROGRAM AND
IN AS TIMELY A MANNER AS WE
WOULD LIKE IT'S A WE REQUEST YOU
ARE I REQUEST DEPENDING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ONLY HAVE
HOPE. AT PENDING THE OUTCOME OF
THE MAY REVISION THAT YOU WOLD
SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AARON AT AREA DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE.
I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT
CHARACTERIZATION AND I'M FROM
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S THAT
WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL.
IN THE FALL THAT WE HAD
ADEQUATE TIME INFORMATION AND DO
THE JUST THE INVESTIGATION
NECESSARY.
TO COME OUT WITH AN APPROVAL OR
OR DENIES WE DEFERRED IT AND
IT'S STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION
FOR THE. MAY REVISION IN OUR
DECISION WILL BE PUBLIC AND A
COUPLE WEEKS HERE ON.
I SAW JUST A CLARIFIED THAT TIME
AS YOU KNOW TWO YEARS AGO OUR
OFFICE HAD DONE A COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT OF TRACE
PROGRAM. IN THAT REVIEW WE NOTED
THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAD A
LONGSTANDING INTEREST IN A MUCH
MORE THOROUGH DATA COLLECTION
PROCESS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THAT REPORT ON.
WE WE DID AT THAT IDENTIFY THAT
IF THE STATE WANTED TO COLLECT
THAT DATA IT LIKELY WOULD
REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL POSITION
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
AYE WE HAVEN'T I REVIEWED THIS
SPECIFIC REQUESTS YOU HAVE A
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BUT WILL
BE LOOKING
CLOSELY AT ANYTHING
MATERIALIZING IN THE MAKE THE
VISION.
AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY I
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE YOU MAY
NEED IN PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR
FINAL. PACKAGE FOR STATE
OPERATIONS CHANGES.
THIS.
S. BROWN A WEEK COLLECTING DATA.
FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT DO YOU CAN GO TO ANY
DISTRICT RIGHT CLICK.
DO WE NEED A POSITION FOR THAT
URSUS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A
SPECIAL STUDY SAID THIS IS JUST
FOR K. TWELVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
OF CHINA IS NOT A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE THAT UPPER PROGRAM IS
GENERALLY NO THERE BUT WE RIVER
BURKE. FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU
WANT YOU HAVE FREE CHOICE.
I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WE DON'T
COLLECT ANY INFORMATION ON THAT
OKAY OKAY THANKS THAT THAT'S
RIGHT. OKAY.
I'M SO.
MY LAST REVIEW OF.
THIS PROGRAM SHOWED THAT FORTY
SEVEN DISTRICTS ARE
PARTICIPATING.
AND NOW YOU'RE DOWN TO THIRTY
NINE.
THOSE ARE JUST THE DISTRICTS WHO
HAVE RESPONDED WHO HAVE
REGISTERED WITH US SO FAR SO WE
EXPECT THAT NUMBER COULD GROW IS
MORE DISTRICTS I'M AYE
REGISTERING SO THOSE ARE JUST
THE ONES THAT HAVE. SUBMITTED
THAT TO LESS AND YOU KNOW MANY
STUDENTS FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS.
AND GETTING THE WORD THAT WE
DON'T KNOW OKAY.
I'M JUST WONDERING.
WHY DON'T MORE DISTRICTS SIGNED
UP FOR DISTRICT OF CHOICE?
SO I THINK I CAN TALK LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT WE OBSERVED IN OUR
REPORT TO THINK IT'S A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT.
BOB FACTORS FOR ONE THING THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF.
.
REQUIREMENTS A DISTRICT OF TRACE
ASK FOLLOW FOR EXAMPLE THEY HAVE
TO AGREE IF THEY OPTED THE
PROGRAM TO ACCEPT ALL STUDENTS
EVEN IF THEY HAVE A DISABILITY
OR OTHER LOW INCOME WITH MAKE IT
MORE COSTLY.
KATE.
I WAS DISTRICTS OFTEN DECIDE
WELL WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER INTER
DISTRICT TRANSFER OPTIONS THINGS
LIKE AND DISTRICT PERMITS. THAT
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTROL OVER HOW MANY STUDENTS
COME IN KIND OF WE CAN THUNDER
DISTRICT PERMIT WE CAN PUT MY
CONDITIONS ON THOSE TRANSFERS.
AND SO.
THE OTHER INTERDISTRICT TRANSFER
OPTIONS IN THE STATE SEEM MUCH
MORE WIDELY USED IN THE DISTRICT
OF TRACE PROGRAM DISTRICT OF
CHOICE IN TWENTY FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN. ABOUT TEN THOUSAND
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS
ARE THE OTHER INTERDISTRICT
TRANSFER OPTIONS HAD.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS SO
WHAT'S.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE
DISTRICTS ARE INTERESTED IN
ACCEPTING A DISTRICT TRANSFERS
BUT THEY WILL SOMETIMES THEY
SEEM TO OFTEN USE THE OTHER.
LAWS OF THE STATE ALLOWS THEM TO
USE SOAP WEEK.
ALLOWED STUDENTS TO GO ANYWHERE.
K. THROUGH TWELVE.
SAYING THAT MAYBE SCHOOL BOARDS
WOULD.
BE FRUSTRATED.
BECAUSE THERE MIGHT HAVE SOME
STUDENTS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO
EDUCATE ME GET BACK TO SPECIAL
ED AGAIN.
AND AT.
I THINK YOU KNOW I'M NOT EXACTLY
SURE WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS.
BUT WHAT WE'VE.
I THINK WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'VE
TALKED TO DISTRICTS.
THEY AND ASK THEM SORT OF WHY
DID YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE
THAT WHY DIDN'T YOU A LOT OF THE
DISTRICTS THAT.
THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT
ARE INTERESTED IN TRANSFER IS
EITHER BECAUSE THE GROWING OR
THEY DON'T HAVE SPACE.
ON
FOR SOME DISTRICTS REGARDLESS OF
HOW. EASY THE STATE MADE THE
LAWS TO YOU IS THEY MIGHT NOT BE
INTEREST IN ACCEPTING OTHER.
STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS
RAKAI DISTRICT THAT'S ACTUALLY
SEEING
DECLINING ENROLLMENT NAY WITH
THE WOULD HAVE LEFT TO RECRUIT
MORE STUDENTS.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SPACE SO.
ARM.
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
AND
JUST LAST QUESTION THEN IS ON
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION IS BROWN.
IF WE HAD SCHOOLS THAT ARE
DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY FOCUSED
ON A CERTAIN AIR SPECIALIZATION
OF.
SPECIALTY EDUCATE HER SPECIAL
EDUCATION.
THAT YOU COULD SEND.
KIDS AROUND SO IF YOU IF YOU GET
SOMEONE REALLY IF IT'S IF IT'S
SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.
BUT YOU CAN GET ALL THOSE KIDS
IN ONE PLACE TO. FOCUS ON THAT
ONE IDEA.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THEN
AUTISM OR WHATEVER THAT.
INSTEAD OF EVERY TRY TO BE A
GENERALIST THAT IF YOU CAN GET
SOME MORE SPECIALTY.
PROGRAMS THAT THAT MIGHT HELP
BELOW IT.
I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO
SPEAK IS SPEAK TO THAT I
AFFILIATE THAT THAT'S A FAIRLY
COMPLEX ALTHOUGH I'M NOT
DISAGREEING I DO THINK I FEEL
LIKE THAT'S PRETTY CALM. COMPLEX
WAIT HOW HOW TO DO THAT GIVEN
THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
STUDENTS MOVING AROUND AT A
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AYE I WILL
NOTE THOUGH HAVING SAID THAT
THAT WE DO HAVE.
SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND IN THE
DEATHS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
RIVERSIDE ENTRY MONTH THAT TO
SERVE THAT PURPOSE WHICH WHICH
IS THAT THEY DO SPECIALIZE IN.
IN SUPPORT AND SERVICES AND
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE
BLIND AND DEAF BUT IWOULD I
WOULD WANT TO SPECULATE ON THAT
THE BROADER QUESTION. KILOMETER
I WANT TO BRING THAT YOUR BOSS
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR.
SOME SYNERGIES SO WE COULD SAVE
SOME COSTS BUT ALSO MEET ALL THE
NEEDS BECAUSE.
WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT SPECIAL
ED.
AND IF THAT'S YOU KNOW THAT'S
HOLDING PEOPLE BACK OR DISTRICTS
BACK.
NOW THEY WERE HAVING A BIG
DISCUSSION ON THINGS.
THANK YOU.
X. THE.
NEXT EXCITING PANEL.
UNIFORM COMPLAINT PROCEDURES.
I HAVE A.
I NOTICED YOUR PRESENTATION.
BUT. STILL OUT YET SO I'M HERE
TO PROVIDE AT HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF A.
YOU ON
YEAH YOU KNOW
COMPLETE PROCEDURES BUT REALLY
TALK ABOUT IT AND THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE.
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT FROM
LAST JANUARY WHICH WE DID TALK
ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LESS SPRING
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING TO
IMPLEMENT THAT. AND THEN ALSO
TALK ABOUT THE.
AYE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
LANGUAGE THAT WAS I'M INCLUDED
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THAT
ULTIMATELY WE HAD A REPORT THAT
WE AS SUBMITTED I'M JUST A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO WHY I WANT
TO PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE UNIFORM COMPLAINT
PROCEDURE PROCESS TO SET UP THE
CONTEXT FOR THE UPDATE BUT AT
THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS DOES DO
IT DOES DO A GOOD JOB OF
PROVIDING MORE DETAIL ON THAT
SO.
THE UC P. WAS ESTABLISHED IN
NINETEEN NINETY ONE THROUGH
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION PROVIDE A
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF INVESTIGATING
COMPLAINTS REGARDING. AYE
ELEAZAR AND CONDUCT OF CERTAIN
PROGRAMS THAT KEEP PURPOSE OF
THIS REGULATION WAS RESPOND TO
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
ESTABLISH A COMPLAINT RESOLUTION
PROCESS. TO ENSURE THAT PROGRAMS
WERE OPERATED CONSISTENT WITH
FEDERAL LAW. THIS ALSO PROVIDED
TO YOU IN UNIFORM SYSTEM TO REAP
RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS OF
DISCRIMINATION UNDER STATE AND
FEDERAL LAWS. SINCE IT WAS
ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
HAVE BEEN ADDED BY THE
LEGISLATURE TO THE UCP
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS FROM SIX TO THE
CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVENTEEN
PROGRAMS.
PARTICULAR PROGRAMS TO KNOW
THAT I THINK FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR
WITH WHICH IS THAT WILLIAM
SETTLEMENT STUDENT FEES. AND
THEIR REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE AND
PROGRAMS WITHOUT EDUCATIONAL UP
WITH EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND
ENSURING THAT EDUCATION RIGHTS
OF HOMELESS AND FOSTER YOUTH ON.
AND AS A STAFF ANALYSIS NOTED
THIS HAS CREATED A LAYERED
SYSTEM OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED OR
NECESSARILY COHERENT. IN WHICH
OVER TIME HAS AS I'M
INCREASINGLY RESULTED IN ON
UNIFORM SYSTEM. AND IT IS
WITHOUT FRAME THAT THE
EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM
WITH THE INTENT TO IMPROVE IT
FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO THAT'S
COMPLAINANTS STUDENTS AND AND
FAMILIES ON DISTRICTS AND AND
THE STATE IS UNDERTAKEN.
IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN THE
LEGISLATURE APPROVED AN UMP THAT
STATE COMPTROLLER'S AUDIT. OF
THE.
AUDIT OF THEIR UNIFORM
COMPLAINT PROCEDURES INCLUDING
THE DEPARTMENTS I PROCEDURES AS
WELL AS A HANDFUL OF ELEAZAR I'M
FOR THE DEPARTMENT THE RESULT OF
THE AUDIT REQUEST FOR ALL OF
THEM AND THEY WERE RELEASED IN.
AT LAST JANUARY TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN AND ULTIMATELY IS A
COUPLE OF THE I'M ITEMS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT WHERE THE DESIGNATION
OF IT BUT THE AUDITOR'S
RECOMMENDATION WAS THE
DESIGNATION. OF A CENTRALIZED
OFFICE TO RECEIVE ALL COMPLAINTS
IN APPEALS AND THEN ESTABLISH ON
A STANDARDS AND POLICIES AND
STANDARDS POP STANDARD POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES FOR ALL PROGRAM.
AND WHILE THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT
AGREE WITH ALL OF THE WRECK F
WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO
ESTABLISH A CENTRAL OFFICE
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT COULD
DELAY THE PROCESSING TIME FOR
COMPLAINTS IN APPEALS. AND THAT
THAT REALLY DO REQUIRED I'M
PROGRAMMATIC EXPERTISE WE
BELIEVE THAT THE SUBJECT.
MATTER I EXPECT A.
IS IT WILL IF WHICH WE BELIEVE I
SHOULD AT IT WHICH IS CRITICAL
TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE
THE UPRIGHT APPROPRIATE
RESOLUTION. AND.
YEAH.
US BUT WE DID ULTIMATELY THINK
THAT THE INTENT OF THAT WHICH
WAS AROUND A BATTER'S I'M MORE
CENTRALIZED LOOK AT IT. AND DID
MAKE SENSE AND SO I'M ONE OF THE
I'M ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
DID UNDERTAKE WAS A CENTRALIZED
DATABASE AND SO. WE WORKED WITH
A BAND AND AND REALLY HAVING
SOMETHING THAT WAS CUSTOMIZABLE
SO WE WORKED WITH A VENDOR TO
CREATE. A CONTROL DATABASE THAT
HOUSES THE TRACKS ALL COMPLAINTS
AND APPEALS RECEIVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT THE SYSTEM ALLOWS THE
DEPARTMENT TO TRACK THE
PROGRESS.
OF THE REVIEWS AND ENSURES
CONSISTENCY WITH THE COLLECTION
AND ORGANIZATION OF THE DATA
ACROSS THE PROGRAMS THE SYSTEM
ADDRESSES MANY OF THE CONCERNS
RAISED BY THE AUDIT. AND SOME OF
THE KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF
THE SYSTEM INCLUDE THAT ALL UCP
COMPLAINTS AN APPEALS ARE GIVEN
A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
ONE FIRST ENTERED IN IT INTO THE
DATABASE. AND THE NUMBER IS USED
ACROSS ALL PROGRAM OFFICES TO
AVOID.
DUPLICATE ENTRIES IF A COMPLAINT
CROSSES PROGRAM AREAS PROGRAM
OFFICER OFFICES ARE ABLE TO USE
DROP DOWN MENUS AND CHECK BOXES
RATHER THAN OPEN COMMENT BOXES.
AND THIS ENSURES MINIMUM ARE
THIS MINIMIZES VARIABILITY IN
THE INFORMATION THAT THAT IS
ENTERED INTO THE DATABASE.
THE PROGRAM OFFICES AND PUT THE
STATUS OF APPEALS AND COMPLAINTS
INTO THE DATABASE.
I EACH PHASE OF THE REVIEW
PROCESS AND THIS ENABLES OFFICES
TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EACH
COMPLAINT. AND IN THE SAME
MANNER AND THE AT EDUCATION
EQUITY OFFICE ADMINISTERS THE
DATABASE AND TO PULL UP ANY TIME
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. AND
APPEALS AND STATUS AND THE
DIVERT DATABASE ALSO DOES
PROVIDE EACH PROGRAM WITH. A
REMINDER TO ENSURE THE
COMPLIANCE WITH TIMELINES AND
PROCESSING COMPLAINTS AND
APPEALS IS AND MATT WERE ALSO AS
YOU EAT FEET I DID AND THE
SYSTEM THAT WAS FULLY
IMPLEMENTED KILLED THIS PAST
OCTOBER. WERE CONTINUING TO
LEARN ON HOW WE CAN BETTER USE
THE SYSTEM TO HELP THEM IMPROVE
AND STREAMLINE THAT THEY BOTH
THE INTERNAL PROCESSES WELL AS.
HOW WE OF REPORT OUT ON THE
OTHER REPORT RECOMMENDED
REVISING REGULATIONS TO BE
CONSISTENT AND ALIGNED WITH
STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS
THE CD IS REVIEWING THE UCP
REGULATIONS AND IDENTIFYING
AREAS THAT SHOULD? BE UPDATED
AND SOME OF THESE AREAS INCLUDE
AND THE DIFFERENCES REGARDING
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE
INVESTIGATION PROCESS
SPECIAL EDUCATION PLATE
COMPLAINTS.
AND THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDED A
IS A NOTED THE SUPPLEMENTAL
REPORT AND AGAIN WE DID PROVIDE
THAT REPORT AND THE REPORT
PROVIDES. AN OVERVIEW OF THE UC
P. A PROGRAMS AS CD'S EFFORTS TO
UP TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM TO DATE
AS WELL AS ADDRESSING WHAT WHAT
WE SAW WERE KEY PRINCIPLES THAT
MUST BE TOP OF MIND WHEN
ADDRESSING I'M ANY CHANGES TO
THE UCP. AND SO ULTIMATELY WE
FELT THAT HAVE MAKING SURE THAT
ANY CHANGES IF I WERE FOCUSED ON
KEEPING THE UCP IT EASY TO USE
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THIS
WOULD BE BOTH FOR. THE
COMPLAINANT AS WELL AS THE I'M A
LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. HELPING
ENSURE PROMPT AND EFFICIENT
RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS AND
THAT IT'S UNIFORM. AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE SOMETIMES THAT IS NOT
POSSIBLE. FURTHER THE REPORT
POSED SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING
APPROACHES AND WE DID THIS
BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME
QUESTIONS THAT WE STRUGGLED WITH
AS WE CONSIDERED PROPOSING
RECOMMENDATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE
REASONS NOTED ABOVE IT IT REALLY
IS THAT IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM AND
WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH HOW TO
MAKE CHANGES IN A UNIFORMMANNER.
ACROSS SUCH VERY PROGRAMS
ADDITIONALLY AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED PRIOR ON APPEALS
RELATED TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS
AROUND THE STATE AT PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM I WILL AND THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALSO ADD
THIS TO THE UCP. AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH HAVING THOSE
PROGRAMS FALL UNDER TITLE FIVE
IF THEY'RE ADMINISTERED BY AN
ALLEY A VERSES. AND FALL FALLING
UNDER AND AT TITLE TWENTY TWO.
ITALY POSE THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS AND THEN ALSO PROVIDED
SOME PROS AND CONS OF THOSE SO
SHOULD THERE BE A LOCAL APPEALS
PROCESS OF COMPLAINTS AT THE
COUNTY LEVEL. AND WOOD THAT
PROVIDE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE AND
IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION TO KEEP CAN
AND THEN THE QUESTIONS WE ASK
FOR IT IT COULD PERHAPS MAKE IT
FASTER MECHANIC COUNTY PLAYED
THE SAME NEUTRAL UNBIASED ROLE
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PLAYS. AND IS A SINGLE STATUTORY
TIMELINE A PROCESS FOR ALL YOU
SEE PEOPLE GRAMS FEASIBLE AT
EACH LEVEL OF REVIEW. SHOULD THE
SAME TIME LINES APPLY FOR
COMPLAINTS RELATED TO AN AXE
ASSET ACCESS TO LACTATION AS
WELL AS AL CAPP. AND AND WHAT
MECHANISMS OF SUPPORT ARE NEEDED
TO IT'S A TO ASSIST SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO IMPROVE
INVESTIGATION ON THE RESOLUTION
OF COMPLAINTS.
THE COULD THE COUNTIES COULD THE
DEPARTMENT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE
THAT.
AT DISTRICTS HAVE THAT THE
SUPPORT AND RESOURCES
IMPLEMENTED SO THAT AGAIN IT IS
ON. STAFF AT THE ALLEYS AND AT
THE SCHOOL SITES HAVE THE RIGHT
INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE REYES WHO
WANT TO AND FILE A COMPLAINT.
AND KICK COULD COUNTY OFFICES
THE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT.
REALLY ONE OF THE ISSUES AS WE
DID DO IT IS THAT ULTIMATELY
THAT THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS REALLY
COMPLEXES I JUST DISCUSSED SOME
OF THAT THAT. AND COMPLEXITIES
IS WE'RE CROSSING OVER PROGRAM
AREAS BUT ALSO AS WE LOOK TO ADD
A A NEW COMPLAIN TO THAT WHICH
IS AROUND THE STATE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM. IS WE WE DIDN'T WE WE
WERE CAUTIOUS ABOUT PROVIDING
RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE DIDN'T
HAVE A COHERENT MAP ABOUT WHAT
THE SYSTEM SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND
SO ULTIMATELY. THAT IS WHY OUR
REPORT DID NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS BUT RATHER STE
SAID PROVIDED SOME GUIDING
PRINCIPLES AROUND HOW WE SHOULD
DO THAT. GUIDING QUESTIONS AND
THEN ULTIMATELY THE
RECOMMENDATION TO CONVENE A
STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP TO PROTECT
MOVE FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDED
CHANGES TO STATUTE AS WELL AS
REGULATIONS AND SO. THE
DEPARTMENT OF YOU KNOW IS
PROPOSING THAT WE WOULD
ULTIMATELY CONVENE A BROADER
STAKEHOLDER AND AT A CONVENING
IN THE IN THE FALL BUT
ULTIMATELY COULD DO SOME WORK
OVER THE. LATE SPRING AND SUMMER
AROUND SURVEYING AND SERVING
STAKEHOLDERS GETTING SOME
INITIAL REACTIONS AND COMING
FORWARD. AYE SO THAT WE COULD
COME FOR TO THE LEGISLATURE.
NEXT UP AND NEXT JANUARY AND
MAKE SOME PROPOSED CHANGES
AND WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I ALSO
HAVE LAND GARFINKEL WHO IS ONE
OF OUR. ATTORNEYS IN OUR LEGAL
OFFICE YOU CAN ALSO HELP ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
BRIAN ANDERSON LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE ACTUALLY HAVE
NO PREPARED COMMENTS HERE I WAS
JUST AS TO BE AVAILABLE IN CASE
RAINY QUESTIONS.
REPORT LATE.
I THINK ULTIMATELY IT TOOK US
ALL IT TOOK US LONGER THAN
ANTICIPATED TO PROCESS SOME OF
THAT THAT COMPLEXITIES OF IT AND
AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH IT WE
STRUGGLED WITH.
AT WHAT POINT DO WE TRY TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT AGAIN WERE
COHERENT ENOUGH AND ULTIMATELY
JUST TOOK US LONGER THAN I HAD
ANTICIPATED.
AT A BRING THAT CLOSER TO PEOPLE
SURE INTERNET.
.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
THIS WHOLE YOU KNOW BUT THIS IS
A.
THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.
BECAUSE OF.
YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR. PARENTS AND STUDENTS
TO ENGAGE IN I DON'T KNOW FOR
ACCOMPLISHING THAT YET SO.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A HARD LOOK AT
THIS WITH MAY REVISE.
AND I KNOW.
YOU'RE NOT GOING.
YEAH AND AND AND AND WE ARE
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH WITH
YOUR STAFF AS WELL AS INTERNALLY
TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM ULTIMATELY
THAT AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE
SAME GOAL. AROUND MAKING SURE IT
WAS A NOTED EARLIER THAT IT IS
THE SYSTEM THAT THAT IS
EFFICIENT AT THE LOCALLEVEL
THAT SUPPORTS COMPLAINANTS AND
THAT GETS US TO AS A SPEEDY
RESOLUTION.
BAKER.
I WILL GO TO. ITEM SEVEN.
ADULT EDUCATION.
MS BROWN GETS TO STAY. EVERYONE
ELSE.
WE GOT A WHOLE NEW CAST OF
CHARACTERS.
INTEREST YOUR THE SIDES TO YOU
KNOW WHERE FRIENDLY BUNCH.
WE TRY.
OKAY HAS SEEN.
YEAH.
FINANCE FIRST ON THE SUN GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR PORTANTINO IT'S
AN HONOR MORLOCK MOLLY QUAN
SUPPORT DEPARTMENT FINANCE.
BOSTON HOUSING FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF
THE DAHLE AND EDUCATION BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM OR A EPG WHEN HE
PRESENTS LA OWES RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THE PROGRAM. SO I WON'T GO
INTO A LOT OF DETAIL NOW.
THE EBT PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED
IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SIXTEEN
WITH DEDICATED ON GOING FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION PROPOSITION
NINETY EIGHT GENERAL FUND.
TO ADDRESS A SITUATION IN WHICH
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES
WERE PROVIDING ADULT EDUCATION
WITH LITTLE OR NO COORDINATED
PLANNING OR EFFORTS AS TO WHO
WAS PROVIDING WHAT KINDS OF
SERVICES AND THE DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS THEY WERE SERVING.
THE E. B. G. PROGRAM WAS
DEVELOPED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF
INPUT FROM EDUCATION. OF
STAKEHOLDERS AND REQUIRED EACH
ADULT WERE REQUIRED ADULT
EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS A
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND K.
THROUGH TWELVE ADULT SCHOOLS. IN
CONCERT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
LIBRARIES.
TO COME TOGETHER TOFORM
REGIONAL CONSORTIA AND JOINTLY
DEVELOP THREE YEAR REGIONAL
PLANS OUT AS TO HOW BEST TO
SERVE. THE ADULT LEARNERS IN
THEIR AREA.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
FOUR CHANGES FOR THE A EBT
PROGRAM.
FIRST A E. BEATRIZ CONSORTIUM OR
RECEIVE A FOUR PART ONE PERCENT
COST OF LIVING INCREASE EQUAL TO
TWENTY POINT SIX MILLION ADDED
TO THE ON GOING FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLAR APPROPRIATION.
THE PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED NO
ADDITIONAL FUNDING SINCE ITS
INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN SIXTEEN. AND
THIS INCREASE WOULD PROVIDE A
ONE POINT FIVE SIX PERCENT COLA
IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. AND A
TWO POINT FIVE ONE PERCENT COLA
NINETEEN WHICH IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE COLOR FACTORS USED FOR
OTHER K. THROUGH TWELVE AND
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. PROPOSITION
NINETY EIGHT PROGRAMS IN THOSE
TWO YEARS.
THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FUNDING
RECOGNIZES THAT ADULTS SCHOOLS
AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT
PROVIDE ADULT EDUCATION THROUGH
A EPG FUNDING. HAVE FACED RISING
COSTS OPERATE THOSE PROGRAMS
INCLUDING INCLUDING HIGHER
STAFFING COSTS. FOR SALARIES
BENEFITS AND EMPLOYER RETIREMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM A EPG
PROVIDERS THAT SOME PROGRAMS MAY
BE FORCED TO LAY OFF
INSTRUCTORS.
AND OFFER FEWER CLASSES TO ADULT
LEARNERS DUE TO THESE RISING
COSTS.
SECOND THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
CURRENTLY INCLUDES AN ONGOING
INCREASE FOR THE I'M SORRY THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES AN ON
GOING INCREASE OF FIVE MILLION
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT GENERAL
FUND. FOR CONTINUED INVESTMENTS
IN THE EIGHTY BG DATA AND
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. TO ENSURE
THAT DATA BEING INPUT BY ADULTS
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONSORTIUM PARTNERS IS ACCURATE
COMPREHENSIVE AND CONSISTENT.
THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO
CONTINUE ONGOING EFFORTS TO
DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE AE BG
DATA SHARING PLATFORM.
TO CREATE A UNIFIED DATA SAID
THE WILL CONTAIN SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ON THE AND A NUMBER
OF ADULTS STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE
SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS AS THEY
PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR CLASSES
AN OUTCOME DATA FOR THE STUDENTS
INCLUDING TRANSITION TO POST
SECONDARY EDUCATION. AND
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE DATA THAT
WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT EDT.
THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT DATA
SET WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE LAUNCH
BOARD DATA SHARING PLATFORM.
THE FUNDING WE WILL BE ALSO USED
FOR ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO ADULT EDUCATION PROVIDERS TO
INPUT THEIR DATE LEAGUE DATA
CORRECTLY AND TO ENSURE THAT
HIGH QUALITY AND CONSISTENT DATA
IS BEING COLLECTED. AND CAN BE
USED TO INFORM DECISIONS ON
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS AND
EXPANSIONS AND TO CREATE NEW
ADULT ED PROGRAMS.
SOME OF THE FIVE MILLION WOULD
ALSO BE USED TO SURVEY STUDENTS
WHO DO NOT PROVIDE SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBERS TO ASK ABOUT
THEIR JOB PLACEMENT AND WAGE
HISTORY. MANY ADULTS STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN EIGHT EPG COURSES DO
NOT HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
AND THUS ARE NOT CAPTURED IN
EDIE'S EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE DATA.
THIRD EACH OF THE SEVENTY ONE
EIGHTY BG REGIONAL CONSORTIA ARE
REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THREE YEAR
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT DEFINE
THE ADULT LEARNER POPULATIONS IN
THEIR REGIONS. WHAT KINDS OF
COURSES AND SUPPORT SERVICES
THEY NEED AND HOW EACH OF THE
CONSORTIUM MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE
THE SERVICES?
UNDER CURRENT STATUTE THE
INITIAL PLANNING CYCLE RUNS FROM
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SIXTEEN
THROUGH TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN. AND COULDN'T
CONSORTIUM WERE EXPECTED TO BE
DEVELOPING NEW PLANS FOR THE
KINDS OF SERVICES THEY WILL BE
PROVIDING THEIR ADULT LEARNERS.
IN EIGHTEEN NINETEEN.
THE ADB JIM OFFICE HAS REQUESTED
THAT THE CURRENT THREE YEAR
PLANNING CYCLE BE EXTENDED FOR
ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR. THROUGH TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN NINETEEN.
TO GIVE CONSORTIUM PARTNERS ONE
EXTRA YEAR ADEQUATE TIME TO
DEVELOP THE NEXT THREE YEAR PLAN
WHICH WOULD BEGIN IN TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN TWENTY.
WE AGREED THAT THIS EXTRA
PLANNING YEAR IS NEEDED SO THAT
CONSORTIUM HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO
INCORPORATE SOME OF THE CHANGE
THAT THE THAT I JUST TALKED
ABOUT WITH A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
DATA AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
SO THAT THEY CAN USE THIS DATA
TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES THAT WOULD
BE PROVIDING BEGINNING IN
NINETEEN TWENTY.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
TRAILER BACK TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REVISE THE
EXISTING PROGRAM TIMELINES.
AND LASTLY THE FOURTH PROPOSED
CHANGE TO A E. BG IS TRAILER
BILL LANGUAGE IN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET THAT WOULD CAP THE AMOUNT
OF INDIRECT COSTS THAT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICTS.
CHARGE THEIR E. BG PROVIDERS FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
AT NO MORE THAN EITHER THE
INDIRECT COST RATE THAT THEY
WERE CHARGED IN THE PREVIOUS
YOUR. OR FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR
TOTAL THE EVGA ALLOCATION. WE'VE
HEARD THAT SOME ADULTS SCHOOLS
ARE BEING CHARGED TEN TO FIFTEEN
PERCENT OR MORE IN INDIRECT COST
RATES.
THAT ENDS MY COMMENTS ON THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL I'D BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
PAUL SEEN HOUSE AND WITH THE
ANALYST'S OFFICE.
IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR.
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSALS IT
JUST DESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE.
YOUR AGENDA INCLUDES A BROADER
OVERARCHING ISSUE FACING THE
LEGISLATURE AND ASK THAT ISSUE.
IS THE CONCERNS THE VARIOUS
POLICY ALIGNMENT.
CHALLENGES THAT CONTINUE TO FACE
THE STATE IN THE LEGISLATURE
FIVE YEARS AFTER.
THE RESTRUCTURING EFFORTS OF
ADULT EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA.
SO TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE
ISSUES IN THE AGENDA MAY BE
HELPFUL TO START. WITH THE
POLICY ALIGNMENT ISSUES.
AND THAT COULD THAT WOULD
PROVIDE THE CONTEXT AND
UNDERSTAND BETTER THE GOVERNOR'S
FOR PROPOSALS.
SO IN THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED IN
TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN FOURTEEN
TO MOVE TO A REGIONAL CONSORTIUM
APPROACH IT RECOGNIZE THAT
ADULTS SCHOOLS INCOMMUNICADO
EDGES THE TWO. PRIMARY PROVIDERS
OF ADULT EDUCATION IN THE STATE.
WERE SUBJECTED TO SOME VERY
DIFFERENT RULES AND
REQUIREMENTS.
A BY BY THE. BY THE LEGISLATURE
BY THE STATE.
AT THE TIME THE LEGISLATURE
EXPRESS THEIR DESIRE.
THE RETURN OF THESE ISSUES AND
TO DEVELOP COMMON POLICIES.
FOR ADULTS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGES COMMON POLICIES
INVOLVING FUNDING AND STUDENT
FEE LEVELS FOR EXAMPLE.
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS SOME
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON
DEVELOPING COMMON POLICIES BUT
MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE STILL
AND IN FACT THERE'S A NUMBER OF
THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT.
THIS COMMITTEE HEARD OF ANY KIND
OF WRESTLED WITH FIVE YEARS AGO
ARE ARE STILL STICKING POINTS
TODAY.
IN THESE ARE THESE ARE IMPORTANT
ISSUES THAT REALLY IMPEDE THE
STATE'S ABILITY TO CREATE A MORE
COHESIVE COORDINATED SYSTEM
BETWEEN.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ADULT
SCHOOLS AND TO REALLY IMPROVE
THE CONSISTENCY OF SERVICES AND
ACCESS
IT'S AVAILABLE TO ADULT LEARNERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO FAR OFFICE WAS TASKED WITH.
PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON
THESE ISSUES IS PART OF THE TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. BUDGET
ANALYSIS THAT WE DID AND THE
SERGEANT HAS DISTRIBUTED COPIES
OF THAT.
AND OUT OF THAT.
SUMMARY.
WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE AYE AYE
THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
ON JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW
OF THEM. I SEE ON THE TOP ROW OF
THE TABLE NOTES THAT COMMUNITY
COLLEGES YOU STUDENTS SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER OR A UNIQUE
IDENTIFIER IF A STUDENT DOESN'T
HAVE ASTUTE SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER.
STUDENTS BED AND ROLE IN
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH
GRADE IN CALIFORNIA RECEIVE A
STATEWIDE STUDENT IDENTIFIER.
AND IF THAT'S STUDENT WORK TO
RETURN. TO AN ADULT SCHOOL TO
SAKE COMPLETE A HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA PROGRAM. THAT STUDENT
TYPICALLY WOULD GET A DIFFERENT
IDENTIFIER LOCAL IDENTIFIER
GIVEN TO HIM OR HER BY THE ADULT
SCHOOL.
AND AND AN ADULT SCHOOL STUDENTS
WHO DIDN'T GOETHE.
A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH
GRADE IN CALIFORNIA WOULD ALSO
TYPICALLY GET. A LOCAL
IDENTIFIER IN THESE LOCAL
IDENTIFIERS ARE ARE TYPICALLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMUNICABLE
IT'S IDENTIFIERS HE CAN SEE IT'S
IT'S.
WITH THAT SYSTEM THESE DIFFERENT
IDENTIFIERS.
IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT.
A FOLLOW STUDENTS
AND ANALYZE STUDENTS AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS FROM K. TWELVE TO
ADULT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND INTO THE WORKFORCE.
THE TABLE BUN ALSO INCLUDES
INCLUDES SOME ROSE ON FUNDING
AND FEES.
THE STATE HAS VERY DIFFERENT
POLICIES IN THESE AREAS EVEN
TODAY OTHER COMMUNICABLE EDGES
RELY ON APPORTIONMENT.
TO FIND ADULT EDUCATION
INSTRUCTION AND THE STATE
PROVIDES A SET PER STUDENT RATE.
FOR APPORTIONMENT FOR CLASSROOM
INSTRUCTION THAT SAID IN
STATUTE.
NOW ADULT SCHOOLS RECEIVE THEIR
FUNDING THROUGH THE ADULT
EDUCATION BLOCK GRANT OUR GREAT
DEAL THEIR FUNDING FROM THE
BLOCK GRANT AND.
THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SET PER
STUDENT RATE IT'S UP TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL ADULTS WILL DECIDE ON
THE RATE.
SO YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT SETS
OF FUNDING RULES AND DIFFERENT
POLICIES AND IT MEANS FOR THAT.
FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR
INSTRUCTION IN SAY ENGLISH AS
SECOND LANGUAGE OR ADULT
LITERACY PROGRAM.
SOME PROVIDERS ARE RECEIVING AND
SPENDING SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS DOWN.
BEEN THERE THAN THEIR PEER OUR
SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
AND THESE DIFFERENCES IN TURN
LIKELY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
WIDENING DIFFERENCES IN LEVELS
OF ACCESS AND SERVICES THEY'RE
AVAILABLE TO ADULT LEARNERS.
ITS INCONSISTENCIES ALSO EXISTS
FOR STATE FEE POLICIES MOST
NOTABLY STATUTE PROHIBITS
COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
FROM CHARGING FEES FOR ADULT ADD
WHAT THEY CALL NONCREDIT
INSTRUCTION.
AND THAT'S FOR VOCATIONAL
INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS ANY KIND
OF ANY OTHER KIND OF NONCREDIT
INSTRUCTION.
BY CONTRAST ADULT SCHOOLS ARE
PERMITTED TO CHARGE FOR
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SO.
DEPENDING ON WHERE AN ADULT
LEARNER LIVES IN THE STATE THEY
MAY PAY NOTHING. FOR INSTRUCTION
TO BECOME SAY A COOK.
OR A MEDICAL ASSISTANT OR
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN.
AND THEN UP TO THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS
IF THEY WENT TO ANOTHER PROVIDER
ANOTHER STATE FUNDED PROVIDER IN
THE STATE.
.
YEAH IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THIS IS NOT THE ADULT SCHOOLS
PREFERENCE TO CHARGE STUDENTS
FEES AND AND IN SOME CASES HEFTY
FEES.
ARE WHAT THEY POINT OUT IS
COMMUNITY COLLEGES CAN CLAIM A
PORTION IT FUNDS.
I TO COVER INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS
AND IT AT A SET REYES ABOUT
FIFTY THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT.
WHEREAS ADULT SCHOOLS ONLY HAVE
THEIR ADULT ADD BLOCK GRANT
ALLOCATION WHICH MIGHT NOT BE
SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COST OF
INSTRUCTION.
SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THE STATE
SET A STANDARD PER STUDENT RATE
FOR ADULTS GOALS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. AND THIS IN TURN WOULD
ALLOW THE STATE TO ESTABLISH A
CORRESPONDING FEE POLICY THAT'S
ALSO A SETS SIMILAR AMOUNT TO
THE SAME AMOUNT FOR STUDENTS
WHETHER THEY ATTENDED A TALK
ADULT SCHOOL. OR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.
THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY BIG ISSUES
BIG ISSUES TO TACKLE A AND IT
MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK
THROUGH AND RESOLVE.
AND PERHAPS THE LEGISLATURE
WOULD WANT TO TAKE APPROACH MORE
OF A PHASED IN APPROACH TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
IN THE MEANTIME THE LEGISLATURE
MAY WISH TO ADDRESS MORE
MODERATE MODEST.
.
ALIGNMENT CHALLENGES IN THE
MIDDLE OF YOUR OF THE TABLE FOR
EXAMPLE WE TALK ABOUT.
COORDINATION WITH OTHER ADULT OF
FUNDS IN PROVIDERS THAT THAT
REMAINS AT AN ISSUE WHERE YOU
HAVE LIBRARIES FOR EXAMPLE
RECEIVE STATE FUNDING. THEY
PROVIDE LITERACY PROGRAMS BUT
THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
PARTICIPATE IN CONSORTIA
PLANNING ACTIVITIES. AND THERE
ARE OTHER ISSUES AS WELL LIKE
MINIMUM INSTRUCTOR
QUALIFICATIONS.
SO WE GET TO THE GOVERNOR
SPECIFIC PROPOSALS.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR SUMMARIZING
YOUR AGENDA ON PAGE TWENTY SIX
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PAGE.
THE GOVERNOR PROPOSES TWENTY
POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN
AUGMENTATIONS TO THE ADULT THAT
BLOCK GRANTS AND GIVEN WHAT I
JUST MENTIONED ABOUT DATA AND
FINDING IT IS DIFFICULT IT'S
HARD FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO KNOW
IF THIS IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
ARE THE MAIN WORKLOAD MEASURE
FOR EDUCATION SEGMENTS.
IS A BILL.
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS
FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
YET THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT IT THE ADA EQUIVALENT OR F.
T. E. EQUIVALENT IS. FOR.
THESE CONSORTIA SO NOT KNOWING
WHAT IN ROMAN WHAT CLASSROOM
HOURS AND HOW THEY'RE CHANGING
NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEY'RE
GOING UP FOR STAINED FLATTER
GOING DOWN MAKES IT DIFFICULT
FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO KNOW
WHAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
FUNDING OR AUGMENTATION TO
PROVIDE.
NOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES
LACK THAT AND KIND OF
INFORMATION IT LACKS
INFORMATIONS OTHER INFORMATION
SUCH AS WHAT IS THE END MIGHT
NEED IN THE STATE AND HOW MUCH.
ARE THESE PROVIDERS.
FUNDING PER PER STUDENT.
THAT SAID PROVIDING AUGMENTATION
ALONG THE LINES OF THE FOUR
POINT ONE PERCENT THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSING. WOULD BE
WOULD TREAT THE BLOCK GRANTS
SIMILAR TO OTHER EDUCATION
PROGRAMS SUCH AS COMMUNICATIVE
PORTION IT'S WHICH HAVE RECEIVED
CALL US OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WITH REGARD TO THE GOVERNOR'S
FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL OF
DAVID RELATED A FOR DATA RELATED
PURPOSES WE THINK THE FUNDING
WOULD HELP THE LEGISLATURE GET
MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON. ON
STUDENTS AND HOW THEY'RE
PROGRESSING AND HOW THE OVERALL
PROGRAM IS WORKING.
WE RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
APPROVED THIS PROPOSAL BUT ADDED
A REQUIREMENT THAT THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IN CD
I USE A PORTION OF THE FUNDS TO
ASSIGN A STATEWIDE IDENTIFIER TO
STUDENTS.
ARE WHO DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER AND THEN FOR THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CANCERS OFFICE
WHICH MAINTAINS THE DATABASE
THAT.
THE BLOCK GRANT THE CONSORTIA
ARE DEVELOPED TO THEN USE THE
STATEWIDE STUDENT IDENTIFIER AND
MAINTAIN THOSE THOSE RECORDS AND
THIS THIS.
RECOMMENDATION WE THINK WOULD
ALOW THE STATE AND PROVIDERS.
TO BETTER ASSESS HOW STUDENTS
ARE MOVING ACROSS K. TWELVE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND I DON'T
SCHOOLS.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE ON THE
THIRD PROPOSAL THE PROPOSED
TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE THAT WOULD
CAP THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THE
DISTRICTS CAN CHARGE THEIR
CONSORTIUM SO NO ISSUE THERE.
WE DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE
FINAL PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE
CONSORTIUM MEMBERS I TO ADOPT
THREE ORIGINAL PLANS BY TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN TWENTY INSTEAD
OF TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN BY DELAYING. THE THE
FOR DELANEY'S.
THESE PLANS FOR A YEAR.
THAT THE THE STATED REASON FOR
THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IN CD
ARE AYE DEVELOPING BETTER DATA
SYSTEMS AND THAT WAITING YEAR
WILL. GIVE THEM TIME AND
CONSORTIUM MORE TIME TO TO
REALLY DIG INTO THE DATA AND USE
IT TO DEVELOP AND INFORM THEIR
PLANS.
WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT CURRENT
LAW THOUGH IN WAY WHAT THE LAW
REQUIRES AS FAR AS DEVELOPING
THESE PLANS BY THE CONSORTIA.
.
THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE
CONSORTIA TO INCLUDE INFORMATION
SUCH AS THE. ADULT EDUCATION
WORKFORCE PROVIDERS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE REGION THE
SERVICES THAT THESE ENTITIES
CURRENTLY PROVIDE. AND ANY
ACTIONS THAT THE CONSORTIUM WILL
TAKE TO IMPROVE INTEGRATION OF
SERVICES AND IMPROVE OVERALL.
EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS
OF STUDENT LEARNING.
IN THE SYSTEM.
SO THE CONSORTIUM BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER IN PLANNING FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW IN FACT THE TWO
THOUSAND THIRTEEN FOURTEEN
BUDGET ACT PROVIDED TWENTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS. AYE TO THE
CONSORTIA MEMBERS FOR INITIAL
PLANNING GRANTS SO IT'S UNCLEAR
TO US AT THIS POINT WHY
CONSORTIUM WOULD NEED ANOTHER
YEAR TO WRITE THIS RATHER BASIC
INFORMATION INTO THEIR PLANS.
TO THE EXTENT CERTAIN DATA ARE
NEEDED FOR THESE PLANS ARE
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PLANS
BUT ARE NOT BUT THE DATE IS NOT
YET AVAILABLE CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
COULD ALWAYS NOTE THAT IN THEIR
PLANS.
BUT IS A SAID JUST THAT WE
DON'T SEE.
AS OF YET ANYWAY THAT REALLY A
COMPELLING NEED TO DELAY FOR A
YEAR. THE REQUIREMENT FOR
CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP THESE
IMPORTANT THREE YEAR PLANS.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.
DEBORAH BROWN ON BEHALF OF STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TOM FREDRICKSON SAID
THE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL BOTH THINK
THAT THE FUNDING INCREASES
ADDRESSED. TO BIG NEED WILL
AROUND DATA AND ALSO ENSURING
THAT PROGRAMS HAVE ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT GIVEN THAT THE CAUGHT
THAT THE FUNDING HAS INCREASED.
AND THEN WE ALSO SUPPORT THE UP
PROPOSED TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE I
AM I WILL IN MY AND MY PUSH AND
TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR END
REPORT AND AS WAS NOTED IN THE
ANALYSIS AND NOT TO SOME LIKE A
BROKEN RECORD. THIS REPORT WAS
DELAYED I'M WE DID HAVE SOME AYE
AYE CHALLENGES WHEN WE REVIEWED
THE INITIAL REPORT AROUND SOME
OF THE. AYE TECHNICAL ISSUES
AROUND THE DATE AND THAT
REQUIRED SOME BACKING AND FORTH
WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
AND ULTIMATELY SOME INTERNAL
REVIEW PROCESSES THAT WERE THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE
CAN I NOT HAD THIS DELAY IN THE
FUTURE. AND THOUGH THIS REPORT
ADDRESSES THE KEY REQUIREMENTS
OF THE LEGISLATION AND PROVIDES
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDES A
COMPREHENSIVE STATE LEVEL DATA
ON STUDENT MOMENT OUTCOME SKILL
SKILL GAINES STUDENT
DEMOGRAPHICS AND OTHER DATA
USING THE NEW ADULT EDUCATION.
BY DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY
METRICS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT
I'M AS JUST ABOUT SIX HUNDRED
NINETY FIVE THOUSAND ADULTS
WORSE WERE I SERVED IN THE. AN
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND.
THAT AT OVER A SERVE BY THE
CONSORTIA WITH AND SIX HUNDRED
AND NINE AT SIX HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND BEING SERVED IN THE
PROGRAM AND THEN. ABOUT EIGHTY
FIVE THOUSAND STUDENTS RECEIVING
I'M ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
I ON THE AS YOU NOW COMES THAT
SIDE OF THINGS WE ARE SAYING
THAT I AM A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
FIVE THOUSAND ADULT PARTICIPANTS
COMPLETED A MEASURABLE SKILL
GAIN. OR AN EDUCATION MILESTONE
DURING THE SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN
PROGRAM HERE AND SO WE SAW
SIXTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS
COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS OR
OR EQUIVALENT. AYE TEN THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED ADULTS ON GETTING
POST SECONDARY CERTIFICATE
DEGREES ARE TRAINING AND THE
TWELVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
STATE.
ADULTS. TRANSITIONING TO POST
SECONDARY GAIN SOME OF THE OTHER
M.. GAINS WE SAW WERE AROUND AND
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE DATA SO I'M
ABOUT SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND I'M
ENTERED EMPLOYMENT AND THEN
TEXTS
ECKSTINE THOUSANDS I EIGHT
HUNDRED SAW THEIR WAGES INCREASE
THE REPORT ALSO PROVIDE SOME
ADDITIONAL. RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THIS INCLUDES CREATING A THIRTY
MILLION DOLLAR PERFORMANCE BASED
INCENTIVE FUND FOR ADULT
EDUCATION CONSORTIA THE
DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAN COMING
AT THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
AT ALLOCATE THE ADDITIONAL MONEY
TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM AND
ALLOCATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT DATE
IN A KIND OF A LEASES FOR
SYSTEMS FOR ADULT EDUCATION.
CREATED DEDICATED ANNUAL
ALLOCATION FOR STATEWIDE SYSTEM
OPERATIONS FOR ADULT EDUCATION
AND ONLINE FEDERAL AND STATE
REPORTING CYCLES. AND WITH THAT
I'LL AYE I HAVE I DONE AWAY WITH
ME WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR
AYE CAREER IN COLLEGE
TRANSITIONS DIVISION WHICH
OVERSEES THE. ADULT EDUCATION
BLOCK GRANT AND THEN TURN IT
OVER TO THE COMMUNICABLE JUST
FILLING SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK.
PERFECT CRISSCROSSED MANY WITH
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. I
WILL WORK OFFICE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S.
HIM OUT AND JUST FOCUS ON THE
TOP SHE ROSE AND AND SOME
THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE ON BOTH
STUDENT IDENTIFIERS IN STATE
FUNDING.
SO I THINK ON THE ISSUES RELATED
TO STUDENT IDENTIFIERS YOU KNOW
I THINK THE. OVERALL ISSUE YOU
KNOW THAT THE.
ANALYSTS ADDRESSES OR
IDENTIFIES IS.
DIFFICULTIES IN TRACKING
STUDENTS ACROSS SEGMENTS AND
INTO THE WORKFORCE IDENTIFIERS
ARE ONE WAY OF DOING THAT I
THINK THE WORK THAT YOU'LL SEE
IN THE REPORT. OF OUR APPROACHES
BEEN.
IN ON CREATING PROTOCOLS AROUND
DATA SHARING.
AND SO.
THE REPORT IDENTIFIES HOW WE'VE
WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE EDT IN
OTHERS.
I THINK THROUGH.
YOU KNOW AS A MISS BROWN NOTED.
OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS IN THESE
PROGRAMS.
I KNOW ONE OTHER ISSUE.
WERE SUPPORTING.
AB TWENTY SIX SIXTY SIX BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MEDINA THAT
SEEKS TO IMPROVE THIS WORK.
YOU KNOW AND IN NEW WAYS THAT
YOU KNOW WE WERE ALSO THINKING
ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT SHARE DATA
WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES DMV ET
DE TO OUT THINK ABOUT OUTCOMES
FOR STUDENTS INNER CITY
PROGRAMS.
SO WE ARE SUPPORTIVE I THINK THE
RELATED BUDGET PROPOSAL IS THE
FIVE BILLION FOR.
FOR DATA IN OUR SYSTEM AND AND
WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT
PROPOSAL. ON FUNDING MORE
BROADLY WOULD JUST MAKE TWO
OVERARCHING POINTS.
.
THE FIRST WELL I WOULD SAY WE
WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE
FOUR POINT ONE PERCENT ON THE
BLOCK GRANT.
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE A AND THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S CHART OUR
COLLEGES GET FUNDING FOR ADULT
EDUCATION IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS
SO. WE TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT
THE FUNDING FORMULA AND FUNDING
FOR NON CREDIT COURSES SO THAT
IS THE PRIMARY WAY IN WHICH WE.
.
WHICH ARE COLLEGES FUND DOT
ADULT EDUCATION AND SO I WOULD
LINK THIS CONVERSATION I THINK A
YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE WAYS IN
WHICH WE THINK ABOUT ACCESS TO
THESE PROGRAMS. ARE GOING TO BE
THROUGH OUR FUNDING FORMULA
CONVERSATION THAT YOU KNOW WE
HOPE TO HAVE CAN. YOU KNOW OVER
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
BOB ON THE ADULT ED BLOCK AND I
WOULD JUST POINT OUT IN THE
REPORT WE YOU KNOW THE ANALYSTS
IDENTIFIES CAN A CHALLENGES
WITH.
A YOU KNOW THIS KIND OF.
POTENTIALLY.
ON REASONABLE OR RATIONAL WAY
OF.
YOU KNOW DIFFERENT CONSORTIA
HAVE DIFFERENT PER STUDENT
FUNDING LEVELS.
I WOULD SAY THINK YOU KNOW WHEN
THE STATE MADE THE DECISION TO
FUND CONSORTIA AND TO PROVIDE
ALLOCATE THE FUNDING TO THE
CONSORTIA. YOU KNOW I THINK.
EQUAL PER STUDENT FUNDING WASN'T
NECESSARILY BE.
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF HOW WE
CHOSE TO FUND SO IN OUR REPORT
WE TALK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
THE STATE IS MADE ALLOCATIONS TO
CONSORTIA.
AND SO WE'VE CONSIDERED YOU
KNOW WE USE DATA BASED ON.
OR OF ADULT POPULATION LITERACY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
IMMIGRATION
AS WELL AS CONSORTIUM SIZING
CAPACITY. AS THE MEASURES THAT
WE THINK ARE RELEVANT TO
DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THE LOCAL
LEVEL A CONSORTIA SHOULD RECEIVE
A CONSORTIUM SHOULD RECEIVE. FOR
THE SERVICE SAYS.
I THINK ACROSS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS WE
RECOGNIZE THAT.
MORE THAN EQUAL PER STUDENT
FUNDING WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE
NEED ASSOCIATED.
WITH PARTICULAR STUDENTS OUT OF
LOGIC BEHIND THE LOCAL CONTROL
FUNDING FORMULA AND SO WE'VE
LEFT A LOT OF THOSE DECISIONS TO
THE CONSORTIA. TO DETERMINE HOW
THOSE RESOURCES SHOULD BE
ALLOCATED ACROSS PROVIDERS SO I
DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY
BELIEVE. PER STUDENT FUNDING.
IS THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT
THOSE RELATED ISSUES.
WITH THAT I'M HAPPY ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
NO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING.
WITH.
YOU WOULDN'T WRITE EVEN WORK
WITH EVERYBODY.
HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ON
SOME OF THE ALIGNMENT TO
RECOMMENDATIONS I THINK WE'RE
GONNA.
THERE'S A PATH THERE SO.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
SO THANK.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PANEL TO ONE
THIS RIGHT.
MORE PEOPLE COME TALK TO US.
FOLKS FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS
COME ON OUT.
PASSIONATE PEOPLE.
MADELINE EVEYONE FIRST.
IF I CAN WITH THIS CLOSER OKAY.
AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIRMAN PORTANTINO I'M SENATORS
JACKSON MORE LATCH.
MY NAME IS MADELINE R. BIO AND
I AM DEAN FOR SCHOOL OF
CONTINUING EDUCATION AT MOUNT
SAN ANTONIO. COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ALSO SERVICE THE CO CHAIR FOR
OUR ADULT AT REGIONAL CONSORTIA
ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE.
TO MY RIGHT MISTER BETTER I'M A
BOOK. ALSO CURRENTLY A BOARD
MEMBER FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF
COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING
EDUCATION WHICH IS A STATEWIDE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION.
AND AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH
OUR K. TWELVE COLLEAGUES.
.
OUR ASSOCIATION WAS RECENTLY
ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON THE BUDGET
LETTER FOR A BG ALONG WITH THEIR
ASSOCIATION.
AND AS A RESULT OF THIS
COLLABORATION THE COLLEGES
INVOLVED WITH OUR ASSOCIATION
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PARTICULAR
ASKS.
THAT MISTER BETTER WILL BE
DISCUSSING WITH YOU IN A FEW
MINUTES.
ON I ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR INFLUENCE
THAT HAS RESULTED IN THE
PROPOSED COLA INCREASE.
AND THE INCREASE OR THE FIVE
MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET ITEM FOR
THE STATEWIDE DATA SYSTEM WE'VE
WE'VE MADE SOME GAINS IN THE. IN
TERMS OF COLLECTING DATA BUT WE
HAVE A WAYS TO GO BUT I THINK
IT'S MUCH IMPROVED.
I'M I DO HAVE TO KEEP POINTS TO
SHARE WITH YOU TODAY FIRST I'D
LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THE
DISCUSSION OF SYSTEM I MET. THEM
AND THEN SECOND I WILL DECIDE.
EXPLAINED THE GAPS THAT STILL
EXIST IN MEETING THE REGIONAL
YOU'D.
SO FOR THE FIRST POINT I THINK
WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOME IN TERMS
OF ALIGNMENT I'M INCLUDING ARSON
PERFORMANCE METRICS AND WE HAD.
FIELD GROUPS THAT WORKED ON
CREATING THE METRICS THAT THE
TWO OF US WERE ON. AND I'M AND
WE KNOW FIRST HAND THE REALITIES
OF THE STUDENTS SO WE WERE ABLE
TO GIVE INPUT. AND WE ALSO GET
FIRST HAND AND EXPERIENCE
SOME OF THE UNRESOLVED ALIGNMENT
ISSUES THAT STILL EXIST.
SUCH AS FEES CREDENTIALING
STUDENT IDENTIFIERS AND COST FOR
STUDENTS.
AND WE ALL WELCOME THE RESEARCH
SO THAT WE CAN BECOME MORE
ALIGNED.
SPECIFICALLY ON THE TOPIC OF
COST PER STUDENT I WOULD SUGGEST
A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA
ASSOCIATED. WITH THE TERM THIS
COST IS IS DONE.
THERE ARE THEIR ASSUMPTIONS THAT
NONCREDIT APPORTIONMENT IS
EASILY OBTAINABLE BY A NON
CREDIT PROGRAMS IN EQUITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT. THERE'S ALSO.
SOME TYPE OF A BELIEF THAT
EVERY COURSE AND EVERY PROGRAM
IS FUNDED AT THE SAME RATE. THE
HIGHER RATE THAT IS ALWAYS
QUOTED FIVE THOUSAND SOMETHING.
THOSE BOTH OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS
ARE NOT TRUE.
.
AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST IN IN THE
DISCUSSION OF COST PURSUANT TO
THE LEGISLATOR AND THE LA ó
CONSULT WITH THE PRACTITIONERS.
ON A DEEPER LEVEL MOREOVER WITH
THE IMPENDING STUDENT FOCUSED
FUNDING FORMULA.
THAT THAT AS WRITTEN WHAT
CURRENTLY CUT THE NONCREDIT
APPORTIONMENT UP TO FIFTY
PERCENT.
THEN DETERMINE THE COST PER
STUDENT WILL BE VERY
CHALLENGING.
I AM SO ON THE POINT OF THE FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR ABG FUN
PLUS COLA THAT IS SIMPLY NOT
ENOUGH.
TO ME REGIONAL NEEDED FOR ADULT
EDUCATION.
FOR EXAMPLE IN OUR CONSORTIUM WE
SERVE OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND
STUDENTS THAT'S A LOT OF
STUDENTS.
I AM BUT WE HAVE AN UNMET NEED
FOR YES SOLVE ALMOST SEVENTY
PERCENT.
AND I MET NEED FOR VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION OF ABOUT FORTY
PERCENT.
AND THAT IS WITH US SERVING
SEVENTY THOUSAND OR MORE
STUDENTS FROM HERE.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES BUT NOT
CURRENTLY THE CAPACITY. THE LACK
OF RESOURCES.
AB G. ALSO ENCOURAGES US TO
BLEND RESOURCES AND WE ALL DO
THAT.
BUT EVEN WITH THE LEVERAGING
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO SERVE OUR
STUDENTS.
A THAT'S A SHAME.
BECAUSE WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WE
CAN QUICKLY RESPOND TO THE NEEDS
MORE COST EFFECTIVELY.
AND FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW WE CAN
RESPOND TO THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF AB SEVEN OH
FIVE.
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NEED MORE
INTENSIVE BASIC SKILLS.
OF AND WON'T FIT INTO THE
COLLEGE PLACEMENT PROCESSES WE
CAN IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS PROVIDE
THEM WITH SHORT TRIPS SKILL
BUILDERS. THUS PREVENTING THEM
TO ACCUMULATE CREDITS ARE UNITS
AND THEY'LL SAY THE STUDENT
MONEY AND ALSO THE COLLEGES
MONEY.
AND BOTH THE DON'T CATER TO OF
ADULT ED AND COMMUNICATIVE JUST
CAN DO IT ONLINE OR IN PERSON.
AND ONCE THEY GET THERE WE CAN
STILL SUPPORT THE WITH LONG
PRECAUTIONS WHICH AGAIN ARE
FREE.
AND SO WITH YOUR SUPPORT AN EASY
YOU KNOW THERE'S ONE MORE THING
THAT I WANTED ADD.
THAT MR SEEN HOUSING FROM THE
LA THOUGH MENTIONED ABOUT THE
REPORT REPORTING PERIOD. ABOUT
THE ANNUAL PLAN AND THAT WE
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A
JUSTIFICATION FOR WAITING I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT AS A
PRACTITIONER WORK WORKING ON
THOSE PLANS.
SEEMINGLY EVERY OTHER YEAR.
OF.
THAT HE WOULD.
THAT WE GET THAT YOU WOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE BEEN
GIVEN NEW METRICS RECENTLY THAT
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO UNRAVEL.
WE'VE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE
TO MEMBER.
EVALUATE STUDENT OR MEMBER
AFFECTED VESTS.
IN OUR CONSORTIUM THAT'S ALL
BUILT INTO THE PLAN SO WE COULD
GET THE PLAN DONE ON TIME BUT IT
MAY NOT BE AS THOUGHTFUL.
AND AS QUALITY IS IT WOULD BE.
ESPECIALLY GOING FORWARD SO I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT DELAY IS
IS KEPT IN CHECK.
FROM BUT WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND
WE WOULD ASK THAT ADULT
EDUCATION FUNDING WOULD BE
INCREASED BECAUSE THIS WILL HAVE
WILL HELP FAMILIES. WILL HELP
STUDENTS GET JOBS GET RAISES
ACCESS WAGE GAINS IN BECOME MORE
SELF SUFFICIENT.
NAM THANK YOU MEMBERS AND
SENATOR PORTANTINO FOR INVITING
US AND WE WILL BE AT YOUR OFFICE
SAME TIME SAME PLACE NEXT YEAR.
AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR
PROGRESS.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME'S ROCKY
BETTER I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
ROLAND ADULT AND COMMUNITY
EDUCATION AND THE ROLLING
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO ADDRESS THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE BELIEVE IN THE ADULT ED BLOCK
GRANT CONSORTIUM DOES WORK.
COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION
IS PROVIDING BENEFICIAL STRIDES.
FORWARD FOR ADULT AND IN
CALIFORNIA.
CONSORTIUM PLANNING IS BASED ON
NEED INCH CONTINUE TO INFORMANT
DRIVE FUNDING.
THROUGH THE AB G..
WE SUPPORT AS MADELINE
INDICATED.
I'M ALSO ON THE.
AX ADULT ED STATE.
COMMITTEE AND WE MET YESTERDAY
AND WE DO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR'S
OF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COLA.
OF TWENTY POINT FIVE MILLION THE
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE.
DATA COLLECTION.
BUT THERE STILL IS A NEED A.
BY BEEN AN ADULT EDUCATION SINCE
NINETEEN NINETY FIVE.
SO LIVED THROUGH THE FLEX.
LIVE THROUGH ALL THE TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS THAT ADULTS SCHOOLS
THAT IN ME ATTEND UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE.
OF THE ADULT ED FUN BEING FLEX
BY K. TWELVE DURING THE TIME OF
RECESSION WHEN. A DISTRICTS WERE
IN NEED.
AT THAT TIME THERE WERE SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
AVAILABLE TO ADULT EDUCATION IN
THIS STATE FOR USE BY THE K.
TWELVE ADULTS SCHOOLS.
AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HEARD
EARLIER TODAY FROM MULTIPLE
GROUPS.
THE RETIREMENT.
ELEMENT STIRS AND PURRS
INCREASING.
A.
INTENT ON ME K. TWELVE SYSTEM
WHICH ALSO FOLLOWS FEE ADULT
SCHOOL FUNDING.
WILL BE THIRTY FOUR PERCENT FOR
THE EIGHTEEN NINETEEN YEAR.
THE COLA THAT'S PROVIDED OF FOUR
POINT TWO PERCENT.
WE'LL JUST KEEP ADULT SCHOOLS
FLAT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR.
SALARIES AND BENEFITS HAVING TO
INCREASE TO COVER THE STIRS
EMPERORS INCREASES.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT ADULT ED
BE LOOKED AT TO HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL HUNDRED AND TEN
MILLION DOLLARS AND FEARS.
TO.
ESTABLISH.
AND ALLOW US TO GROW.
A WEEK WITHOUT A CALL AND AN
INCREASE IN FUNDING TO HELP
COVER COSTS.
EXPAND ACCESS
WE REMAINED. IN ARE CONSORTIUM
AS MENTAL INDICATED. WE SERVE
SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO STUDENTS.
FOR ARE ALLOCATION OF THIRTY
THREE MILLION DOLLARS THAT
AMOUNTS TO ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS PER STUDENT PER
COST.
THAT'S REALLY. A GOOD VALUE FOR
THE DOLLAR IN WHAT WE'RE DOING
IN PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS
AND OUR CONSORTIUM.
AND THAT'S WHAT ADULT ED DOES
ADULT IT IS NOT AN EXPENSIVE
OPERATION.
IT IT IT REALLY.
DOES A GOOD JOB AND IS VALUE
ADDED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE BLOCK GRANTS.
AS YOU KNOW DISTRICTS LOOK AT
THE WORD GRANT AND IN THEIR MIND
THEY SEE IT AS A. SHORT TERM.
FUNDING ELEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN ASSURED AND YOU'VE
HEARD CONTINUALLY THAT THIS IS
ONGOING FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS FOR A V. G..
BUT THE DISTRICTS STILL SEE THE
WORD GRANT IN LANGUAGE
WHICH MEANS IN THEIR MIND.
WE WON'T ALLOW YOU TO HIRE
STAFF.
BECAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE THE MONEY
DOWN THE ROAD. IT WON'T ALLOW
YOU TO HIRE SUPPORT STAFF FOR
COUNSELORS.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE WORD
GRANT BE ELIMINATED FROM THE
LANGUAGE ADULT ED BLOCK GRANT.
AND BE CALLED EITHER ALLOCATION.
FUNDING.
OR APPORTIONMENT WHATEVER THEIR
LEGISLATURE TEAMS AS BEING
IMPORTANT.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY WITH.
ME LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OF
TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING
ALLOCATION FOR ADULT ED MAYBE
LOOKING AT IT AS A. PER STUDENT
ALLOCATION.
THEN MAYBE THE TERM ALLOCATION
BE APPROPRIATE INSTEAD OF GRANT.
OUR SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE.
WORKED VERY HARD TO SERVE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IN.
UNLIKE.
THE SEVENTY ONE CONSORTIUMS
WITHIN THOSE SEVENTY ONE
CONSORTIUM IS YOU HAVE MULTIPLE
ADULTS SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
SERVING THE ADULTS THAT THEY
NEED TO SERVE.
TO PROVIDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTION SHORT TERM
VOCATIONAL.
FAMILY LITERACY TO HELP PARENTS
WITH THEIR STUDENTS IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ADULT SECONDARY ED AS WELL AS
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE
DO.
WE DO IT ANA SENSUALLY A
SHOESTRING BUDGET TO SPEAK.
BECAUSE.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN OPERATING
SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM
SINCE NINETEEN NINETY FIVE.
AND THE ADULT EDUCATION
COMMUNITY HAS A VERY STRONG
RESILIENT COMMUNITY.
IF.
FOR SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
AROUND A LONG TIME GOING THROUGH
FLEX AND SEEING THAT. THE
DEVELOP SCHOOLS CLOSING.
HAD THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE
NOW THEY'RE RAMPING BACK UP.
AND ARE READY TO PROVIDE THE
NECESSARY WORK IN THEIR
CONSORTIUMS WORKING TOGETHER
WITH OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PARTNERS.
PROVIDE THE BEST ADULT EDUCATION
SERVICE WE CAN IN THIS STATE.
THANK YOU.
I AM.
MR US MENU AND MS BRACKET YOU
GUYS COME BACK AT.
IF THERE'S HAVE ANY REACTION OR
ANY.
WHERE'D HE GO VARIOUS.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE YOU PART
OF THE SAME PANEL BUT ANY. AS
YOU CAN SEE I LIKE TO GET
DIALOGUES GO.
ANY REACTION THERE ANY COMMENTS
ON SOME OF THE.
ITEMS EXPRESS.
FROM THOSE IN THE FIELD.
I THINK ONE THING YOU KNOW.
.
WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
FIGURING OUT MOVING FORWARD HOW
THIS WORK INTERSECTS WITH THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE
FUNDING FORMULA THAT I THINK.
.
YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROVIDERS.
.
YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AND
ONGOING ISSUE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT ROLE THE FUNDING FROM
THE CONSORTIA PLAYS IN THEIR
OPERATIONS WHAT ROLE THE
APPORTIONMENT PLACE THEIR
OPERATIONS I THINK WHAT WE
HEARD.
IS THAT.
.
YOU KNOW THAT.
AND IT'S A A NEW LACK OF
SATISFACTION WITH HOW THESE ARE
VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS PLAY IN
SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONS OF A
PROGRAM. OF BUT I THINK A SENSE
THAT. NOT ALL OF THEM THAT
THERE'S INSUFFICIENT.
RESOURCES OVERALL AND SO I
THINK AS WE THINK THROUGH WHAT
THAT MEANS.
FOR HOW WE DETERMINE KIND OF
LEVELS OF RESOURCES ON BOTH
SIDES OF THIS AND IT'S GOING TO
BE IMPORTANT TO THINK THROUGH.
HOW THAT IMPACTS PROVIDERS?
I I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC
DATA OTHER THAN TO SAY YOU KNOW
WERE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH THEM PROVIDERS AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL IF THERE'S WAYS
THAT WE CAN HELP IMPROVE THE
SYSTEM I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO TO
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
AS FAR AS THE REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
.
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE MAY REVISE
COMING OUT AS THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE LOOKED AT THIS.
IT'S PART OF YOUR ASK OF.
THE L. ADULT THAT PIECE.
CERTAINLY YES ARM AND I THINK A.
NOW.
SHE JUST FINANCE COME TO THE
TABLE TO BUT I.
I WONDER US I THINK THERE ARE A
WHOLE SET OF THINGS THAT YOU
DON'T WANT TO ASK.
THERE'S A WHOLE SET OF THINGS
WERE LOOKING.
AT FOR THE MAYOR VISION AND
THIS IS CERTAINLY OTHER.
FINANCE YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO SAY.
I PUT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE SAID
I SHOULD.
AND I LOVE WRITING IT ALREADY.
HI MOLLY QUAN SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE.
.
I WILL SAY WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY
REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
AT THIS TIME BUT I WOULD SAY
GIVEN THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE
THROES OF TRYING TO GET BETTER
DATA OUT THERE WE DON'T REALLY
HAVE A LOT OF GOOD DATA. ON HOW
THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING
WHAT ADULT LEARNERS ARE NOT
BEING SERVED THAT SHOULD BE.
SO I THINK AT THIS TIME IT'S
HARD TO SAY ARE WE PROVIDING
ENOUGH MONEY AND IF NOT HOW MUCH
MORE MONEY SHOULDN'T BE
PROVIDING.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT ONE LA
USE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT USING A
UNIFORM PER STUDENT FUNDING
RIGHT.
WE JUST FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD
KIND OF.
UNRAVEL ALL OF THE HARD WORK
THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE LOCAL
CONSORTIUM HAS BEEN DONE OVER
THE PAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE.
MOST ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS.
VARY WIDELY DEPENDING ON WHAT
POPULATION YOU'RE SERVING AND
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE BEING
PROVIDED I THINK TO BE VERY
DIFFICULT TO SET A UNIFORM RATE
ACROSS. ALL ADULT LEARNERS FOR
HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST TO
SERVE THEM. ARM ONE THING I
POINT OUT IS THAT SOME EIGHTY
BEACHING CONSORTIA USE THEIR
MONEY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
AND CHILDCARE.
FOR THEIR ADULT LEARNER STUDENTS
AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK UNDER A
YOU KNOW PER STUDENT FUNDING
FORMULA.
AND LASTLY GIVEN MY OPPORTUNITY.
COME BACK UP HERE I JUST LIKE TO
COMMENT WE HEARD THIS REQUEST
FOR PROBABLY THE PAST.
THREE YEARS THAT WE TAKE THE
WORD GRANT OUT OF THE ADULT
EDUCATION BLOCK GRANT.
SOME PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE YOU
KNOW BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCOMMUNICADO
WATCHES HAVE A HARD TIME WITH.
UNDERSTANDING THAT GRANT DOESN'T
MEAN IT'S ONE TIME.
WE JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE
FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'VE PROVIDED
STABLES UNIT.
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING WERE EVEN
INCREASING THE AMOUNT THIS YEAR.
SO WE REALLY DON'T BELIEVE
THAT THERE'S ANY REASON TO. MAKE
THIS CHANGE.
THE REASON.
THIS APPARENT ADVERSE CON.
LOSING THE WHERE DOES IT HURT
ANYBODY.
I JUST FEEL IN TERMS OF LIKE
WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT E. E. B. G. FREE.
FOR YEARS NOW IT'S NO IT'S NOT
GONNA HURT ANYTHING BUT
TRADITION PHYSIOLOGICALLY MONEY
TO REMOVE THE WORD.
I WOULD SAY WOULD PROBABLY COST
A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY TO.
WE DO ALL THE ALL THE WEBSITE
AND ALL THE PAPERWORK I DON'T I
DON'T KNOW I'M JUST SAYING WE
JUST DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY
LETTERS WHAT'S IN A WORD ANYWAY.
.
OKAY.
HAVE YOU GUYS MET.
BEFORE TODAY.
WOULD YOU.
BOTH COMMITTED TALK OFF LINE
AFTER. SO BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE
THERE EVERY DAY. WITH THEIR
SLEEVES ROLLED UP IT'S A PROGRAM
THAT DOESN'T COST A LOT BUT.
REALLY HAS A GOOD BENEFITS SO
THAT'S WHY I WANTED THEM TO BE
HERE. SO THEY CAN INTERFACE
DIRECTLY WITH YOU GUYS.
AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION
BECAUSE THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE
SPECIFIC.
CONCERNS AND AND THE PLUSES AND
MINUSES FROM A PROGRAM THAT'S
WORKING.
SO THIS MAY BE TOTALLY A OUT OF
THE REALM OF THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT WHETHER WE DO BLOCK GRANTS
FOR. INDIVIDUAL ALLOCATIONS
WHATEVER WE TALK ABOUT HERE BUT.
AS WE LOOK AT ADULT EDUCATION
THERE TOO TWO PARTS OF THIS THAT
ARE.
THAT I'D LIKE TO. HAVE YOU
ADDRESS.
.
AND THE.
ISN'T THAT PROGRAMS AS I
UNDERSTAND IT OUR FOR. A ADULT
ED TO SERVE.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
READING SO WHETHER IT'S ARM
REMEDIAL WORK OR WHETHER IT'S
FOR NON. ENGLISH SPEAKING
ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE THE
ENGLISH.
LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
IN AND OF COURSE THERE IS A AND
SECOND ELEMENT. IN ADDRESSING
THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT.
OUR IMMIGRANT.
LANGUAGE PRO PROGRAMS FOR A
IMMIGRANTS.
THEN WORKFORCE PREPARATION FOR
ADULTS AND WOOD IT CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION YEARS INCLUDING SENIOR
CITIZENS ENTERING A REENTERING
THE WORKFORCE.
CALIFORNIA'S NOW A NEGATIVE
BIRTH RATES STATE MEANING WHERE
AN AGING STATE.
AND THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE OF
FROM FIFTY FIVE AND OVER WHICH I
WOULD RESPECTFULLY CONTENT IS
NOT OLD.
BUT NONETHELESS A WE ARE SEEING
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE
POPULATION OF PEOPLE FIFTY FIVE
YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.
AND.
SO WE HAVE TO RECKON WITH THE
FACT THAT WE ARE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE A. I THINK
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF
POPULATION WILL BE OVER FIFTY
FIVE WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE OR
LESS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARM STILL
HAVE A LOT TO OFFER AND I
WONDER.
.
IF WHEN THERE'S ANY ATTENTION
THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO.
A POTENTIALLY EXPAND THESE
PROGRAMS AND RECOGNIZE WE HAVE
MORE THESE PEOPLE AND AND. I
KNOW WHEN OF I HAVE A NUMBER OF
FRIENDS WHO HAVE. ATTEMPTED TO
RETIRE.
DOESN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL FOR
MOST PEOPLE
AND SO THEY WANT TO LOOK TO OUR
ANOTHER AVENUE.
TO CONTRIBUTE OR TO THE
SOMETIMES TO MAKE A LIVING
COMING. IN RETIREMENT DOESN'T GO
AS FAR AS IT SHOULD.
.
SO I WILL WONDER IF THERE'S ANY
BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT. WHAT
WE COULD DO TO EXPAND THOSE
PROGRAMS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT?
EXPANDING POPULATION AND THE
OTHER.
ISSUE AND NOT THAT I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT BECAUSE I
DO I THINK CT IS VERY
IMPORTANT I THINK PRE
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IS AN.
EXCELLENT PROGRAM FOR ADULTS
WOULD DISPOSE.
BUT.
THE GROUP BASED UPON THE
CONVERSATION EARLIER.
IN THE FACT THAT A LOT OF
OUTCOMES IN SCHOOL ARE RELATED
TO THE.
I EXPECTATIONS AT HOME.
AND PARTICULARLY THE EDUCATIONAL
LEVEL OF THE MOTHER.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING BUT WE HAVE PROGRAMS
DESIGNED TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS THAT ENABLE ADULTS.
TO HELP CHILDREN TO SUCCEED IN
SCHOOL.
THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A
POTENTIAL WIN WIN.
IF WE CAN GET TO PARENTS ARE AND
EVEN SEE AND GRANDMAS AND
GRANDPAS IS SENIOR
CITIZENS JUST.
PROVIDE THAT LAYER.
YOU KNOW THE NUCLEAR FAMILY PAT
IS NOT THE WAY SOCIETY HOUSTON
EXIST THERE WERE IN THE EXTENDED
FAMILY GRANDPARENTS AND.
WE WILL GET ON THE VILLAGE WAS
WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT ITSELF.
BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S BEEN
ANY EFFORT TO. LINK THAT INTO A
BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES IN THE
CASE WHO TWELVE AREA AND IF THAT
IS THE CASE THEM COULD WE BE
EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS ARE
DOING SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE THE
VALUE. OF BOTH THOSE PROGRAMS
AND THEN THE WORKFORCE
PREPARATION FOR.
FORMERLY OF.
RETIRED OR A SENIOR
CALIFORNIANS.
I CAN ANSWER THE PART ON THE.
OLDER ADULT REENTRY VOCATIONAL
RANCHING AND AND IT'S.
TIMELY THAT YOU ASKED BECAUSE I
WAS GATHERING DATA FOR
CONSORTIA.
CONSORTIUM ABOUT WHAT COURSES
WE OFFER AND ONE OF THE THINGS I
NOTICED. ON WAS AN INCREASE IN
THOSE COURSES SEEKING TO TRAIN.
THOSE RE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE
OF. AND TYPICALLY IN THOSE
COURSES THE AGE IS GOING TO BE
ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT BUT THERE
SIX SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OLDER
ADULTS. IN THOSE AND I WAS HAPPY
TO SEE THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED
THOSE.
THERE'S COURSES IN.
.
THEM ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
TEACHING AND PEOPLE TO BE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND AND TRUST
ME THEY'RE STILL EIGHTEEN YEAR
OLDS IN THOSE CLASSES BUT. BUT
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
OLDER ADULTS THERE'S COURSES TO
TEACH THEM THEY THEY WOULD
WORKING. AND WE HAVE A
GENTLEMAN.
AND ONE OF OUR CLASSES THAT OF
ITS WOODWORKING AND SOME OTHER
AND HE WAS ABLE TO SELL.
HE GOES TO. LIKE FAIRS ARE
COUNTY FAIRS AND DOES IS
REGULARLY AND FOR TO SUPPLEMENT
HIS INCOME.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS IS A
GIVEN ESPECIALLY IN OUR
CONSORTIUM IS THAT WE ARE. WE
ARE THOUGHTFULLY AND
INTENTIONALLY EXPANDING THOSE
BECAUSE I READ A REPORT RECENTLY
AND I REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT
THAT THEY. SENIORS WILL
OUTNUMBER US.
IN. PROBABLY BY THE YEAR TWENTY.
TWENTY FIVE I BELIEVE AND SO I
THOUGHT WELL WE BETTER GET BUSY
AND START OFFERING MORE TRAINING
FOR THEM.
WELL LET US GO THAT'S THAT'S
GREAT AND AND THEN AFTER THAT
OUR HOUSE OF A THOUGHT
ASSOCIATED WITH BUT IF YOU GO
AHEAD WITH REGARD TO THE. OF.
QUESTION YOU HAD REGARDING OF.
ADULTS HELPING CHILDREN LEARN.
A LOT OF OUR ADULT SCHOOLS HAVE
FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS WHERE
THEY.
HAVE THE PARENT COMMAND WITH
THE CHILD AND THE CHILD COULD BE
ANYWHERES FROM. OF.
BIRTH TO FOUR YEARS OLD.
PRIOR TO KEY QUE. AND OF.
WORK WITH THEIR CHILD IN THE
CLASSROOM.
TO HELP THAT CHILD.
BE PREPARED TO GO INTO EITHER KI
K. YOUR CANDOR DEPENDING ON WHAT
DISTRICT THAT IS IN THAT THEY
HAVE THE T. K. PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS
THROUGHOUT OUR CONSORTIUM IN
THEIR OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. OF.
THEY USED TO BE CALLED AND I
HATE DON'T LIKE THE TERM MOMMY
AND ME. WAS THE NAME OF THE
CLASS BUT IT'S EVOLVED AND
TURNED INTO A FAMILY LITERACY
PARENT PARTICIPATION.
BECAUSE.
THE RECOGNITION OF HAVING
PARENTS HELP CHILDREN AS THEY
PREPARE TO ENTER SCHOOL IS
PARAMOUNT.
IF REMEMBER. WHAT? WHEN ONE
EIGHTY SEVEN WAS PASSED WHAT. WE
HAD THE SEABED PROGRAM COMMUNITY
BASED ENGLISH TUTORING.
AND MATH PROGRAM ALLOWED ADULT
SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE ADULTS.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ TO THEIR
CHILDREN. BY GIVING THEM A
STRUCTURED SET OF READERS OF
PROVIDING BABYSITTING SERVICES.
AND HELPING ADULT ENGLISH
LEARNERS.
BE PREPARED TO HELP THEIR
CHILDREN READ FURTHER SCHOOL.
ALSO ALLOWED THE ADULTS TO COME
IN AND VOLUNTEER IN SCHOOL AS
PART OF THE C. BET PROGRAM.
TO HELP OTHER CHILDREN BECOME
READERS.
THAT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THE
PROPOSITION SUNSET THE TEN YEARS
OF FUNDING SUNSET WAS FOLDED
INTO PROP NINETY EIGHT. AND ONE
FLEXIBILITY HIT THAT WAS ONE OF
THE PROGRAMS THAT WAS FLEX
AND IS TYPICALLY NO LONGER
OFFERED. OF WITH DEDICATED
FUNDING.
BUT THOSE PROGRAMS HELP STUDENTS
AND AND IN OUR DISTRICT WE HAD.
FIFTEEN SEE BET PROGRAMS IN THE
DISTRICT.
AND WE TRACK STUDENTS THERE
WERE IN THE PROGRAM VERSUS
SECOND GRADERS AND FOUND THAT
THE STUDENTS THERE IN THE C. BET
PROGRAM AND SECOND GRADE. AT A
HIGHER READING LEVEL IN STUDENTS
THAT WORKED IN THE C. BET
PROGRAM THIS THERE WERE MORE
SUCCESSFUL ON THE STANDARDIZED
TESTING AT THAT POINT WHEN THE
STANDARDIZED TESTING WAS OFFERED
IN THIRD GRADE. SO WE ALSO
RECEIVED A GOLDEN BELL FROM THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION FOR RC BET PROGRAM.
BUT THOSE PROGRAMS OF THE TYPES
OF PROGRAMS THAT THE DOLE
SCHOOLS DO EMBRACE BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THE ADULT TO BE
CONNECTED. AND ALSO BE CONNECTED
TO THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL AND SO
THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS ARE THE
ONES AS YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM
THE PTA AND OTHERS. THAT WE NEED
TO GET. CHILDREN READY AND THE
PARENTS INVOLVED AND THAT'S
WHERE THE CONNECTION OCCURRED IS
THROUGH THE ADULT ED PROGRAM SO
WHY CAN'T WE WILL RENEW THAT I
THINK THAT'S A WHICH I MEAN WE
JUST HEARD HIM SAY. A KEY TO
SUCCESS WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT.
WAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL THAT
AREN'T NECESSARILY. YOU KNOW
ADDING.
FORTY BILLION DOLLARS TO THE TO
THE BUDGET THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME
ILLOGICAL ONE IS THAT UNDER
CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IS TO TAKE
TO WORK OUR JOBS AS IT WOULD
UNDER KATE'S ONE OF THE IMPROVE
DAY EPG PROGRAMS AND.
SEVEN AND IT'S THE PROGRAMS
DESIGNED TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS TO ENABLE ADULTS TO
HELP CHILDREN TO SUCCEED IN
SCHOOL.
AND SO AGAIN.
BUT YOU HEARD EARLIER
CONSORTIUMS HAVE DIFFERENT
FUNDING LEVELS BECAUSE WE WENT
BACK TO TWO THOUSAND TWELVE
THIRTEEN IN THOSE WITH AND. THAT
WAS THE YEAR THE FUNDING BASE
WAS SET FOR ALL THE ADULTS
SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICTS.
AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
EACH DISTRICT.
AND THEY HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S
GOING TO WORK BEST IN THEIR
COMMUNITY BECAUSE AGAIN THESE
ARE ALL COMMUNITY EDUCATION
COMMUNITY ADULTS SCHOOLS. AND SO
THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THE COMMUNITY THEY'RE SERVING.
OF
WE DO NOT OFFER CPR DEL SCHOOL
HACIENDA LA PUENTE WHICH IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST THE.
SHE PEERED DEL SCHOOLS IN THE
STATE IS DOWN THE ROAD FROM US
REFER STUDENTS THERE ARE
CONSORTIUM. THAT'S HOW THE
OPERATION WORKS WE WERE TRYING
TO DO A LOT OF REPLICATION.
BECAUSE WITHIN A CONSORTIUM YOU
HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON
THEIR EXPERTISE
WERE MORE OF AN ACADEMIC ADULT
SCHOOL WHERE WE HAVE. A HIGH A
SALE ADULT SECONDARY ED FAMILY
LITERACY. UP PROGRAMS.
AND.
THAT'S OUR GOAL.
FIFTY REPAIR STUDENTS THAT WAY.
THANK YOU I WOULD JUST SUGGEST
MISTER CHAIR AYE I THINK WE
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR OF FROM
THAT WONDERFUL.
DISCUSSION THAT THE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE KEYS THAT
WE KNOW REALLY DOES HAVE A
POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME
AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE
SHOULD.
LOOK INTO FURTHER I'M NOT QUITE
SURE THINKING IN AGAIN O. MAYBE
EVEN SOME PROP NINETY EIGHT
MONEY BECAUSE IT GETTING
CHILDREN TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL
AS PART OF THEIR GOAL AND.
I IT SEEMS LIKE A WIN WIN TO
GIVE PARENTS BACK INTO THE.
INTO THE CLASSROOM AND ENGAGE
WITH THEIR CHILDREN THAT SENDS A
SIGNAL TO CHILD HOW IMPORTANT
EDUCATION IS.
SO ANYWAY THE AG WHO COULD BE
VERY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT
ALL COMES ABOUT INVOLVES.
WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING
OUT FOR THIS AND PLEASE. FIVE
COURAGE ALL THAT. TALK OFF LINE.
GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
SHE CAN.
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO COME UP.
ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE
NUMBER EIGHT PROPOSITION THIRTY
NINE.
I KNOW IT'S WHAT ALL YOU ALL
BEEN WAITING FOR PROPOSITION
THIRTY NINE.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.
A GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS TRUE
BONE AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY
COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS TO SERVE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS AND THE
CHILDREN THAT ATTEND THEM. AND
WE THINK THIS PROGRAM'S BEEN A
GREAT SUCCESS ONE TO GIVE YOU
WE'VE BEEN. AND KIND OF WHERE
WE'RE GOING.
SO IS YOU KNOW WE HAVE ABOUT TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ELEAZAR
CALIFORNIA. OF THOSE NINETY
EIGHT PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA
PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM AND
GOT FUNDING.
IN ABOUT SIXTY SIX PERCENT OF
CHARTER SCHOOLS ALSO GOT FUND.
OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING
THAT WE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST
FIVE YEARS ABOUT WHICH WAS ONE
POINT SEVEN FIVE BILLION DOLLARS
ALL BUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
MILLION WAS UTILIZED BY OUR
SCHOOLS.
THE PROJECTS THAT DOMINATED WERE
IN IN YOUR STAFF DID A VERY NICE
JOB OF LAYING THIS OUT IN
YOU'RE.
IN YOUR AGENDA.
BUT LIGHTING AND HEATING AND
AIR CONDITIONING DOMINATED THAT
THE PROJECTS BOTH NEARLY NINETY
PERCENT OF ALL PROJECTS WERE IN
EITHER A LIGHTING OR HEATING AND
AIR CONDITIONING OR THE CONTROLS
THAT SUPPORT THEM. THIS MAKES
SENSE BECAUSE THEY ARE AMONG THE
MOST COST EFFECTIVE FEATURES.
OUT THERE AND IT MAKES SENSE TO
SCHOOLS WOULD ADOPT THOSE WE HAD
A REQUIREMENT IN THE PROGRAM
THAT.
PROJECT BE COST EFFECTIVE WHICH
MEANS THEY MUST PAY FOR
THEMSELVES AND ENERGY SAVINGS
OVER THE LIFE OF WHATEVER IT IS.
NEW AGE BACK UNIT IN THE LAST
TWENTY YEARS YOU HAD TO
DEMONSTRATE IS A SCHOOL THAT
YOUR A PAY BACK WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT TO.
TO PAY THAT BACK OVER THE
TWENTY YEAR PERIOD ACCORSI'S
WERE GRANTS ALL THAT PAY BACK
MONEY JUST WENT TO THE SCHOOLS
AND ALLOWED THEM TO UTILIZE THAT
FUNDING FOR BOOKSAND TEACHERS
AND OTHER IMPORTANT.
SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES.
THE.
IS PART OF THE PROGRAM ELEAZAR
WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO US
ANNUAL REPORTS.
AND.
THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD ENDED
JUNE SO AT TWENTY SEVENTEEN AND
THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR.
.
YOUR YOUR AGENDA.
BUT AT THAT TIME A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY FOUR PROJECTS HAD BEEN
COMPLETED.
COMPLETED TO US MEANS THE WORK
WAS DONE THE CONSTRUCTION IS
DONE THE.
THE.
COMMISSIONING IS DONE AND
THERE'S BEEN A YEARS WORTH OF
DATA THIS IS ONE OF THE
REQUIREMENTS WE IMPOSED. THEIR
IT IN ADDITION TO THOSE HUNDRED
SEVENTY FOUR THERE ANOTHER
SEVENTY SIX PROJECTS THAT WERE
COMPLETED BUT THEY'RE STILL
WORKING AND COLLECTING THE DATA
AGAIN THAT WAS AS OF JUNE OF
LAST YEAR EXPECT BY THIS TIME
WAS QUITE A FEW MORE PROJECTS.
FINISHED THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT
OF IT.
OF THOSE ENERGY SAVINGS AGAIN
TRANSLATE DIRECTLY INTO SAVINGS
THE SCHOOLS CAN UTILIZE.
THE GOING FORWARD SB.
ONE TEN THAT YOU PASSED LAST
YEAR DIRECTS US TO USE THE
REMAINING MONEY IN A CERTAIN
FASHION I THOUGHT JUST RUN
THROUGH BRIEFLY WHAT THAT IS TO
REMIND YOU.
AGAIN OUT OF THE ONE POINT
SEVEN FIVE BILLION THERE'S ONLY
A HUNDRED ND.
UNDER FIFTEEN MILLION LAUGHED
SO WHAT THE STATUTE DIRECTED US
TO DO IS TAKE THE FIRST SEVENTY
FIVE MILLION AND PUT THAT INTO A
SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
ABOUT READY TO ROLL OUT NEXT
MONTH.
AND THEN THE THEN THE NEXT
HUNDRED MILLION WAS TO GO TO OUR
ECA ED PROGRAMMER ENERGY
CONFERENCE. CONSERVATION
ASSISTANCE.
.
ACT ACCOUNT WHICH IS A LOAN
PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS AND THEN THE
BALANCE WHATEVER WAS LEFT OVER
WAS TO GO BACK INTO THE PROP
THIRTY NINE PROGRAM JUST LIKE
THE PROGRAM WE DID THAT YOU
ENTERED A FEW REQUIREMENTS.
INTENT WAS NOTHING LEFT FOR THAT
THIRD POGRAM SO WE ARE
DISCONTINUING OUR WORK ON THAT
INNER MERELY MANAGING THE
REMAINING MONEY THAT'S BEING
SPENT IN.
EQUIPMENT IN THE IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS. A HOWEVER THERE
IS FORTY MILLION LEFT THAT GOES
INTO THE LOAN PROGRAM.
IT RECEIVED FIFTY MILLION FROM
THE LEGISLATURE BACK WHEN.
SB THIRTY NINE PAST INCIDENTS
STARTED IT EXCUSE ME A SEVENTY
THREE PASSED IT STARTED THE PROP
THIRTEEN I PROGRAM. IT'S IT WILL
ADD THAT IT WILL ADD THE FORTY
MILLION IN.
TO THE FIFTY MILLION WHICH IS
NOW ALL BEEN CONSUMED AND WE'RE
JUST STARTING TO GET RE FLOWS
FROM THAT IS THE LOANS GET PAID
BACK BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE
LEFT IN THE FUND RIGHT NOW SO
WE'LL TAKE A FORTY MILLION
PERCENT JUST BE ONE TEN. PUT IT
IN THE FUNDING TO TO MAKE LOANS
TO SCHOOL ARE GOING FORWARD. SO.
AGAIN WE THINK THAT.
THIS IS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS
SCHOOLS ARE BENEFITING AND.
HELP ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
GREAT HOW THANKS SO MUCH HIGH
I'M HERE PORTANTINO AND SENATORS
JACKSON WELL I THINK SO MUCH FOR
A LETTING US SPEAK TODAY I'M QUE
GORDON ON THE CHAIR OF THE
CITIZEN OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR PROP
THIRTY NINE. I'VE ALSO BEEN
WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT
SIX YEARS I WAS AT A NONPARTISAN
THINK TANK THAT HELPED TO AYE.
INFLUENCE SOME OF THE DESIGN OF
THE PROGRAM FROM THE BEGINNING
SELF.
VERY INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM
FROM THE BEGINNING. THIS IS
AN-OVERSIGHT BOARD IS
INTERESTING
WE SIT AT A AND A UNIQUE PLACE
AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES WORKING
ON THIS PROGRAM THIS IS A
PROGRAM THAT THAT IS.
ABOUT EDUCATION WORKFORCE AND
ENERGY AND SO MANY.
INSTITUTIONS ARE INVOLVED IN IT
WERE SORT OF IN A UNIQUE
POSITION TO SEE THE PROGRAM
TRENDS IN THE CHALLENGES AND
SUCCESSES WE DO ANNUAL REPORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE WHICH.
YOU I THINK OF SCENE AND PIECES
OF WHICH WERE IN THE MATERIALS.
MARCH OF EVERY YEAR.
I WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS
ARE MAJOR TAKE AWAYS THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
OUR LEGISLATIVE REPORT AS WELL
AS JUST A COUPLE OF STORIES FROM
AROUND THE STATE OF THE WAY THE
PROP THIRTY NINE HAS BEEN USED
AND.
HAS INFLUENCED SCHOOLS. IN
CALIFORNIA. ARMIGER TAKEAWAYS
FROM PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS
THREE TO FOUR YEARS OF THIS
PROGRAM ARE. ARE VERY POSITIVE
ON THAT WE HAVE SEEN AS YOU
HEARD FROM DREW A BROAD
PARTICIPATION OF ELEAZER. IN
THIS PROGRAM SIXTY THREE I THINK
PARTICIPATION ACROSS ALL ELEAZAR
AND SIGNIFICANTLY AROUND THE
SAME PERCENT OF DISADVANTAGED
SCHOOLS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE
FIRST COUPLE YEARS THE PROGRAM
WE WERE SEEN LESS PARTICIPATION
FROM DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS.
RURAL SCHOOLS IN CHARTERS THAT
HAS GONE SIGNIFICANTLY OFF.
I IN THE LAST YEARS OF THE
PROGRAM IN PART BECAUSE THOSE
SCHOOLS WERE BANKING THEIR FUNDS
AND USING TWO OR THREE YEARS OF
FUNDS TO THE LARGER PROJECTS.
WE'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY THE
FACT THAT EVERY COUNTY IN
CALIFORNIA EXCEPT ALPINE.
WHICH IS VERY SMALL.
HAS USED UP FUNDS IN A PROGRAM
SOME COUNTIES HAVE HAVE UP TO
NINETY PERCENT OF THEIR ELEAZAR
INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN IMPRESSED BY ON
JUST THAT.
THE DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS THERE
IS A BIG EMPHASIS ON LIGHTING
AND HVAC PROJECTS AND AS YOU
HEARD FROM TRUE THAT REALLY IS
AN INDICATOR OF THE COST
EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE PROJECTS
BUT ALSO. AN INDICATOR OF THAT
FRANKLY SORRY STATE OF LIGHTING
HVAC AND A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS IN
THE STATE. WE AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE PROGRAM WERE STRUCK AS A
BOARD BY THE FACT THAT SOME OF
THE SCHOOLS HAD NO HPI CPAC
SYSTEMS AT ALL. AMBER PUTTING
THEM IN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
SOME CASES IN DISTRICTS WHERE
STUDENTS CAN GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE
OF AIR QUALITY ISSUES.
OR POLLUTION ISSUES IN THEIR
DISTRICTS THEY WERE FORCED TO
STAY INSIDE WITH NO AIR
CONDITIONING DOT HAS CHANGED AND
A NUMBER OF THESE.
IN NUMBER OF THESE DISTRICTS AND
THAT WAS A NEED THAT WAS CLEARLY
NOT BEING MET.
WE'RE HAVE I BEEN IMPRESSED BY
THE TIE IN OF THIS PROGRAM
UNUSUALLY WITH STATE ENERGY
PROGRAMS FRANKLY THE VERY
SPECIFIC TIE INTO TRAINING AND
EDUCATION.
WITH THIS PROGRAM THIS IS A A
PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR BOTH. UP
PROJECTS ON SCHOOL SITES TO BE
OBSERVED BY AND PARTICIPATED IN
MY STUDENTS BUT ALSO HAS A
DIRECT FUNDING. IMPACT ON
WORKFORCE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN
TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF.
STUDENTS AND WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA TO KIND OF BE A
PARTICIPANT IN THE NEXT ENERGY
ECONOMY AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY
SIGNIFICANT.
I AS SENATOR JACKSON'S BEEN
POINTING OUT THROUGHOUT TODAY
HAVE I'D EDUCATION DOESN'T STOP
A GRADUATION AND IT ESPECIALLY
WITH THE CHANGING OUT WORKFORCE
THAT WE SEE WE'RE SEEING
LIFETIME LEARNING IS A REALLY
SIGNIFICANT NEED IN THE STATE.
THIS PROGRAM DOES THAT AND
FINALLY WE BEEN STRUCK BY THE
EVALUATION COMPONENTS OF THE
PROGRAM THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE
WE COLLECT UTILITY DATA FOR
TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER
EVERY PROJECT IS DONE SO WE CAN
SEE. AND IT'S RANSPARENT WHAT
THE PROJECTS HAVE DONE WHAT
ENERGY SAVINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND
WHAT IMPACT THEY'VE HAD.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR
REPORT ON ALL DISAGREE PLAN
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON
THAT WE RECOMMENDED ON THE
FOLLOWING. WE RECOMMEND THE
CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM
I'M AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM
THROUGH THE PROGRAM IS NOT
FUNDED WILL HAVE TO FIGHT TO
ANNUAL PREPARATIONS AFTERTHIS
YEAR. AYE WE RECOMMENDED A
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION A
YEAR TO CONTINUE FUNDING THAT IS
LAST IN THE PROGRAM'S BEEN
RECEIVING BUT WE THINK IT IS.
THERE STILL A SIGNIFICANT NEED
AMONG THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
NOT YET AND PROJECTS.
ON THIS SCHOOL ENERGY COALITION
ON A FOR OUR IS HERE AND
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST AYE IT
MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE IN THE
STATE ON THIS. BUSY INTERSECTION
FACILITIES AND ENERGY AND
THEY'VE RECOMMENDED TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY MILLION A YEAR I'M IN
THEIR LETTER.
AND IF YOU'RE ON IT'S GOING TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.
WE RECOMMENDED IN THIS IS
IMPORTANT MUCH LOWER DOLLAR
AMOUNT BUT BUT WE'VE SEEN
SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS IN THE ECO
PROGRAM THAT'S THE REVOLVING
LOAN PROGRAM.
SCHOOLS ARE A VERY GOOD BET FOR
LOANS THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY ZERO
PERCENT DEFAULT RATE BECAUSE
SCHOOLS DON'T DEFAULT UNLESS THE
CITY GOES BANKRUPT THAT THEIR
END. OF THAT PROGRAM AGAIN
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE ITS
REVOLVING IT'S NOT CURRENTLY
FUNDED I AFTER THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS WE'D LIKE TO SEE. THAT
FUNDED IT YOU KNOW THAT TO BE A
ONE TIME INFUSION WE AT SEVEN
HUNDRED MILLION IN OUR LETTER TO
BE A ONE TIME INFUSION OF OF OF
FUNDS BECAUSE IT DOES REVOLVE.
WE CALLED OUT THE PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT HAS
BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM ONLY THREE MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR GONE INTO THAT
PROGRAM BUT HIS TRAINED EVER
THOUSAND. CALIFORNIANS MOSTLY
LOW INCOME FORMERLY INCARCERATED
VETERANS UMD AND VETERANS WHO
HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THAT
PROGRAM IN MULTI CRAFT CAREERS
HAVE AND NOT JUST BEING TRAINED
FOR WIND ENERGY EFFICIENCY JOB
THEY'RE BEING TRAINED ACROSS THE
CRAFTS FOR A VARIETY OF JOBS. IN
FAMILY WAS FAMILY SUPPORTING
WAGES AND WE THINK THAT'S A
GREAT PROGRAM.
I AND HOW IT PUT I THINK THAT IN
FOR FIVE MILLION YEAR AND THEN
TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION YOU ASKED
ABOUT HOW DO WE KNOW THE NEED
THAT'S OUT THERE STILL. THERE IS
CURRENTLY NO INVENTORY OF SCHOOL
FACILITIES IN THIS STATE.
THE TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST STATE
THE FACILITIES ARE AND WE THINK
WE HAVE SET FOR THREE YEARS IN
OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE THINK
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NEED.
I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A
COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHERE THIS
HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE FROM
AROUND THE STATE.
I'M THOUSAND OAKS AND VENTURA.
COUNTY UP USED LOCAL BOND MONEY
PROPERTY NINE MONEY TO DO A
DECENTRALIZED H. BACK SYSTEM
HVAC SYSTEM TWENTY SIX PERCENT
ENERGY SAVINGS ON OF ON THEIR ON
THEIR MONTHLY BILLS SEVENTY TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. IN
SAVINGS.
AND BATES STATED AND A NEWS
ARTICLE ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THEY
OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE HAD TO USE
GENERAL FUND MONEY. ON TO PAY
FOR THE PROGRAM AND SO THEY WERE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY SAVE I'VE ONE
TEACHER JOB.
BY USING THIS THESE FUNDS
INSTEAD OF JUST.
REDLANDS UPGRADED THEIR LIGHTING
TO I LEDS AND THEY'VE SAVED
MONEY BUT ALSO BATES
INTERESTINGLY SAVED A LOT OF
ENERGY THROUGH. A LOWER AIR
CONDITIONING BILLS BECAUSE OTHER
LIGHTING WAS SO HOT THAT THEY
WERE ABLE ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY
THERE.
BUT BATES SAID IN IN A NEWS
REPORT MANY OF THESE PROJECTS
WOULD SIMPLY NOT OF INFANT
COMPLETED WITHOUT PROPERTY NINE
FUNDS.
IN PETALUMA.
THE SCENT OF OUR SCHOOL PUT
SOLAR PANELS IN ITS PARKING LOT
PROVIDES EIGHTY PERCENT OF ALL
OF ITS ELECTRICITY NEEDS FOR THE
SCHOOLS. AND ON VERY VERY SUNNY
PERIOD OF TIME THEY CAN ACTUALLY
SELL BACK INTO THE POWER GRID.
BOB AND THEY ALSO THE
TECHNICIANS WITH THOSE IN GAVE
CLASSROOM DEMOS ABOUT THE ROLE
THAT SOLAR PLAYS IN THE ENERGY
SYSTEM AND ABOUT THE SYSTEMS AND
HOW THEY WORK.
BOB IN CHICAGO PARK IN NEVADA
COUNTY THOUGHT THEY DID A
LIGHTING AND IT'S BACK AND SEWER
PROJECTS SAVING SIXTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS A MONTH ON THEIR ENERGY
BILLS THAT'S NINETY PERCENT OF
THEIR ENERGY. BILLS AND I
THOUGHT THIS QUOTE WAS IT WAS
IMPORTANT THEY SAID.
THE SAVINGS GO BACK TO THE
GENERAL FUND AND WE'RE FREE TO
USE US HOW WE WANT SO THEY'RE
ABLE TO USE THOSE FOR OPERATIONS
ARE TEACHERS OR OTHER. IMPORTANT
PRIORITIES ONLY TO MARK. UP AND.
I WAS PRONOUNCED THIS WRONG BUT.
I THINK IT'S
CONSUMERS RIVER COLLEGES THAT
RIGHT I KEEP HEARING DIFFERENT
PRONUNCIATIONS IN SACRAMENTO ON
HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT CONSONANCE
CONSUMED US.
.
RIGHT HERE I'D BE I LIKE THIS
ONE THEIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF
COURSE THEY BUILT A ZERO NET
ENERGY HOME ON CAMPUS THEIR
CONSTRUCTION STUDENTS BUILT IT
WITH THEIR ARCHITECTURE
STUDENTS.
AND THEY USE IT FOR CONTINUED
EDUCATION.
AND THEY GOT A HUNDRED DOLLAR A
HUNDRED THOUSAND ARE MATCHING
GRANT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
MONEY FROM PROP THIRTY NINE. AND
THEY CLAIM ON THIS PROJECT IT'S
A GREAT RECRUITMENT FOR HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS COMING INTO THE
CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND COMING
TO THE SCHOOL. AND IT'S RIGHT
HERE THE BECAUSE THE.
AND THEN FINALLY.
YOU'RE PORTANTINO RIGHT IN YOUR
DISTRICT.
ON THE WORK FOR SIDE FLINTRIDGE
THE FLINTRIDGE CENTER RECEIVED
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLAR GRANT FOR PRE
APPRENTICESHIP IN A PRESSURE
PROGRAMS. IN CONSTRUCTION.
FOR A FROM THIS PROGRAM FOR AT
RISK RISK YOUTH AND VETERANS AND
THEY ARE AGAIN PUTTING THAT
MONEY INTO I'M TRAINING IN MULTI
CRAFT EDUCATION AND THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO. TRAIN A SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER OF OF FOLKS WHO'VE GONE
ON TO BE PLACED EIGHTY SEVEN
PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
SO WE THANK.
THAT THIS IS BEEN A VERY.
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM I CAN SAY AS
SOMEBODY.
WHO WORKS IN ENERGY ON ENERGY
ISSUES I HEAR FROM OTHER STATES
A LOT? AND THE TWO PARTS OF THAT
OTHER STATES ARE MOST INTERESTED
IN REPLICATING ARE THE DATA
COLLECTION THE FACT THAT WE DO
THE UTILITY DATA REAL TO SHOW
THE EVALUATION PROCESS ON THIS
PROGRAM. AND THE WORK FORCE
THESE
AND WE THINK THAT IT'S A BEST IN
CLASS PROGRAM AND. WE THINK IT
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED
THANK YOU.
SCHUMACHER WAS FACTUALLY
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR SECURE.
.
SO THE.
PROPER PROPERTY NINE IT WAS IT'S
HOSTED.
SPIN EFFECT THROUGH TWENTY
EIGHTEEN FIVE YEARS.
YEAH THE FUNDING THAT WAS
PROVIDED WAS FOR FIVE YEARS SO
YOU'RE KIND OF SHUTTING DOWN
SHOP NOW.
RIGHT ON THE ON THE LOAN PART
AGAIN THERE'S FUNDS LEFT OVER
THAT WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED BY
THE.
ORGANIC LEGISLATION WERE TO KEEP
THAT GOING AND WE'VE GOT NEW
GUIDELINES THAT TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE RULES ESTABLISHED IN
THAT LAW LAST YEAR.
BUT AS FAR AS THE MAIN PROGRAM
NO THE PLAN IS NOT TO CONTINUE
IT. ABSENT FUNDING AND JUST TO
BE CLEAR BEYOND THE OTHER PIECES
WON'T BE FUNDED EITHER THE
WORKFORCE.
EDUCATED WORKFORCE PIECE THE
CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS
PIECE.
ALSO WILL NOT BE FUNDED AFTER.
SO IS YOUR WITH ARE YOU HAPPY
WITH YOUR WIKIPEDIA PAY.
IN MY.
MOVE FOR PROP THIRTY NINE OH
OURS.
I HAVE NEVER LOOKED AT OUR
WIKIPEDIA PAGE THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION I SHOULD LOOK AT IT.
ARE IT'S ARE WE DOING THAT A
LITTLE LIKE HAPPY WITH THE CITY
THROUGH DRUGS WHEN IT. CHECK IT
OUT WHILE I CHECK IT OUT. HAS
SOME CRITICISMS.
IN THERE SO I DO YOU MIGHT WANT
TO THANK YOU JC IF THAT'S
ACCURATE OR NOT THERE WAS A.
A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A
CLAIM BY A AYE AYE AND INTERNET
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT THE
PROGRAM IS SPENDING MORE MONEY
ON CONSULTANTS THAN IT WAS ON
THE ACTUAL PROJECT BECAUSE BUT
THE NUMBERS FROM FEES SEE AN IN
THE REPORT SHOWED THAT THAT'S
NOT TRUE. CONSULTANT FUNDING TO
SCOPE OUT THE PROJECT IS MUCH
MUCH SMALLER THAN THE AMOUNT
THAT'S BEEN SPENT ON THE PROJECT
IN FORT WORTH THE TIME WHAT
HAPPENED WAS THIS DISC THIS.
ARTICLE YOU'RE REFERRING TO I
DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT'S IN
WIKIPEDIA BUT I DON'T I DON'T
KNOW EITHER IT JUST. IT IT IT IS
I THINK THAT.
MY PHONE PHASES OUT SO QUICKLY
BUT.
THE.
.
BUT THE THE PROJECTED REVENUES
TO APPLY TO THE PROJECTS
I GUESS WE WERE LOWER THAN
ANTICIPATED IT.
AT SOME READERS SOME REACTIONS
TO THAT SORT RIGHT OKAY.
SO THEY ARE YOU.
ARE YOU ARE YOU THEN.
IS THAT A OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
CLOSING DOWN TO ARE YOU NOW JUST
OVERSEEING.
WE ARE AND I AM THE IN THE IN
THE REASON BILL S. B. ONE TENT
ACTUALLY KEEPS US IN EXISTENCE
IN PERPETUITY IT'S A LITTLE
UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS IF THE
PRODUCT PROGRAM ITSELF GOES AWAY
A WE HAVE TO FUNCTIONS RIGHT NOW
IS AN OVERSIGHT BOARD WE DO THE.
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE
WITH OUR FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS WE ALSO AUDIT
THE PROGRAM SO WE DO AN ANNUAL
ON FINANCIAL AUDIT.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION WILL BE
IF THERE ARE NO NEW PREPARATIONS
WILL WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE
THINGS THAT'S AN OPEN QUESTION.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE
THE THE FUTURE DATES JUNE OF
TWENTY NINETEEN SO NEXT YEAR IS
THE FINAL DATE FOR ELEAZAR
RECEIVED MONEY TO ENCUMBER THAT
MONEY. JUNE OF TWENTY TWENTY
YEAR AFTER THAT THEY HAVE TO
SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN JUNE
TWENTY TWENTY ONE SO THREE YEARS
OUT THEY HAVE TO UP SUBMIT
DURING THEIR THE FINAL REPORT TO
US.
THE WORDS WERE STILL OF DEALING
WITH THOSE THINGS BUT WE WE
DON'T HAVE THEM THE THE VERY
LARGE VOLUME OF NEW APPLICATIONS
COMING IN.
THANK YOU.
I GOT H. B. J. YOUR KID.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THANK
YOU.
YEAH.
WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
LINE UP ONE MINUTE EACH.
WE'VE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION.
I WOULD ASK IF YOU WANT EARLIER
YOU DON'T COME BACK.
BUT TO GO AHEAD YEAH GIVEN IN
SHARON MEMBERS.
I'M ON A FOR AIR AND WITH THE
SCHOOL ENERGY COALITION.
WERE MADE UP OF K. TWELVE
SCHOOLS STATEWIDE.
I THINK KATE DID A FABULOUS JOB
OF OF GOING OVER THE PROGRAM. I
THINK AS FAR AS THE NEED IS
CONCERNED WE HAD A NINETY EIGHT
PERCENT.
PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATION RATE
BY K. TWELVE SCHOOLS I THINK
THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
WE ARE YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE
ASKING FOR TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILLION REPLACED INTO THAT CLEAN
RENEWABLE. JOBS CREATION FUND.
BECAUSE WE SEE THAT. BECAUSE OF
THE BENCHMARKING AND BASELINE
MEASUREMENTS THAT SCHOOLS HAVE
DONE ALREADY TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS PROGRAM. THAT THAT DATA CAN
BE USED GOING FORWARD AND THEY
KNOW NOT ONLY WHERE THE ENERGYIS
BEING USED THEY ALSO KNOW
WHERE THEY WANT TO GO NEXT
WHETHER IT'S ON TO OTHER
CAMPUSES WITH LIGHTING. OR INTO
A DEEPER RETROFITS FOR ZERO NET
ENERGY WERE ASO SEEING SCHOOLS
THAT WANT TO BECOME MORE
RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL
DISASTERS.
KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON IS VERY
IMPORTANT WHEN WHEN EMERGENCIES
OCCUR AND POWER GOES OUT.
SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF
THOSE OCCASIONS ONLY WANT TO
HELP SCHOOLS BECOME MORE
RESILIENT. ALSO SAFETY FACTORS
WHEN YOU'VE GOT MORE LIGHTING
OUTSIDE YOU KNOW IN A TIME WHERE
WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHOOL SAFETY
AND HARDENING SCHOOLS. THAT IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ON SOME
OF THESE SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO
BE USED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
WE WOULD ONLY YOU.
WE WOULD JUST.
JUST TO CLOSE.
WE'VE HAD SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE
SHARING MORE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION AND WE ALSO HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF THE COALITION FOR
ADEQUATE SCHOOL HAS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN BURST
ON CAP KEY WITH MCCUE CAPTAIN
ASSOCIATES HERE TODAY ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR
ADULT EDUCATION AND CALIFORNIA
DON'T BUDGET
SHE ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION.
BOTH K. TWELVE BEAST I DON'T
EDUCATION PROVIDERS I HERE IN
CALIFORNIA I WE APPRECIATE THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS FOR
THE COLA. INDIRECT RATES ON DOT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY FUNDING I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THOSE AND
ADDITIONALLY WE WOULD ADD THAT
SOUND BE SOME CONVERSATION TODAY
AN ECHOING MISS OUR BIO ANNA MR
BLATTER'S COMMENTS. ARE
REGARDING THE NEED FOR INCREASED
FUNDING ABOVE THE COLA COLA JUST
KEEPS THAT FLAT CLEARLY BASED ON
THEIR COMMENTS ON THE NEED IS
FAR GREATER THAN THAT SO WOULD
APPRECIATE CONSIDERATION OF
ADDITIONAL FUNDING ABOVE AND
BEYOND COLA. ADDITIONALLY I ONE
OF THE ITEMS I THAT WAS NOT
MENTIONED ON TODAY'S WELL WE'RE
ALSO REQUESTING INCLUSION AND
CORPORATIONS TO THE OF FRAMEWORK
FOR ADULT EDUCATION. IMMIGRANT
INTEGRATION METRICS ON IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT
WE HAVE METRICS AGAINST WHICH TO
MEASURE SUCCESS OF OUR IMMIGRANT
REFUGEE I STUDENTS. ARE AND
ADDITIONALLY I WANTED JUST TO
NOTES AYE RELATIVE TO SOME OF
THE ONLY OWES OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WE DISAGREE
WITH THE CREDENTIALING AND I
ELIMINATION PEACE HAPPY TO
DISCUSS THAT FURTHER. FEES AYE
WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON FEES I RECOGNIZE
SEEN HOWEVER THAT ANY CUT WILL
WITNESS A CITY PARK FILLING
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS JEAN AT THE SILVA
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER WITH
THE CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY
CENTER ALSO REPRESENTING CHINESE
FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BASED IN
THE BAY AREA. WHERE IN SUPPORT
OF THE THIRTY MILLION
PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE
FUNDS AND ALSO THE ADDITION OF
IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION METRICS AS
REFERENCE BY THE PREVIOUS
SPEAKER? CERTAINLY VERY CRITICAL
AND A STATE WITH A LARGE LIMITED
ENGLISH PROFICIENT POPULATION
AND IMPORTANT TO REALLY MEASURE
PROGRESS OVER IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
AS WELL AND REALLY ALLIANCE WITH
THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO. ADVANCE
IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND
INCLUSION THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS PAMELA GIVES
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OFFIE OF EDUCATION I'D
LIKE TO ALIGN MYSELF WITH THE
COALITION FOR ADEQUATE SCHOOL
HOUSING. IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING
FOR THE JOB OF A CLEAN ENERGY
AND JOBS CREATION ACT.
FUNDS ARE WHO WE ARE IS THAT
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE
FACT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A. BASELINE
APPROACH AND LOOK AT WHAT
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AS FAR
AS SAVINGS AND WE HAVE A
BENEFITTED FROM THE GRANT
PROGRAM. AND WOULD LIKE TO
CONTINUE THE FUNDING SO OTHERS
CAN DO SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY
PROACTIVE IN CONTINUING TO
EDUCATE NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE AT
OUR SITE IN DOWNEY BUT ALSO
OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IT HOW
THEY COULD CONTINUE TO SAVE.
FUNDS AND ALSO AND CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND TO
USE THE FUNDS WISELY SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH AND WE ARE JUST
SUPPORT.
BUT AFTERNOON NOT MISTER SHARON
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS OF MY NAME
IS BILL SHOOTS HIM FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DRY
CREEK JOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
DODD DRY CREEK IS A T. K.
THROUGH A DISTRICT SERVING
STUDENTS AND. OF POSTURE AND
SACRAMENTO COUNTIES I'M HERE
TODAY ON BEHALF OF MY DISTRICT
REQUESTED MORE FUNDING BE PLACED
IN THE PROPER NINE CLEAN ENERGY
JOBS CREATION FUND. FOR THE
TWENTY EIGHTEEN NINETEEN STATE
BUDGET. DRY CREEK HAS RECEIVED
ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION AND
PROP THIRTY NINE UNDING FOR
EACH THREE H. TRACK PROJECTS.
FOR THREE OF ITS SCHOOLS BUT
BECAUSE A PROPERTY NUYS HAVE RUN
OUT IT WAS NECESSARY TO
SUPPLEMENT ITS LATEST PROJECT
WITH FUNDS FROM ITS.
A ROUTINE RESTRICTED MAIN THAT'S
FUNDS AND EFFORT MAINTENANCE FOR
ITS CURRENT PROJECT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO DISTRICT HAS
ABOUT FOUR MILLION AND FUTURE
PROJECTS PROJECTS THAT COULD
BENEFIT FROM PROPERTY NINE
FUNDING.
INCLUDING A TRACKING THERMOSTAT
REPLACEMENT INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR LIGHTING UP CRATES.
ALL THESE ENERGY EFFICIENT OF.
WILL.
.
BOB ONLY BENEFIT THE DISTRICT
PROSPECTIVELY. I WITH FUTURE
ENERGY SAVINGS COST.
AND ARE GIVEN AS WE HEARD
EARLIER TODAY THE INCREASE%
PENSION COSTS AND SPECIAL ED
COST.
BRING UP OUR MONEY THERE THAT
WITH THIS THIS.
PROPERTY NINE FUNDS FOR OTHER
USES WILL BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS
WITHOUT WE ARE SUPPORT OF THE
REFINING OF THE PROPER NOW I
THINK YOU THINK.
KAREN MEMBERS ACTUALLY WALKER
WITH NAS AND THEN ON BEHALF OF
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY AND
CONTINUING EDUCATION.
MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE AND
NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT.
WE'RE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW WE
ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE ADULT
EDUCATION BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR
THE COLA AS WELL AS THE FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR DATA AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WOULD ALSO
LIKE THE LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE ADULT
EDUCATION BLOCK GRANT. WE ARE
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE INCLUSION
OF IMMIGRANT AND INTEGRATION
FRAMEWORK INTO IT'LL EDUCATION
BLOCK GRANT AS WELL FOR THE
METRICS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAD
MENTIONED THE STUDENT FOCUSED
FUNDING FORMULA IS DEFINITELY
GONNA IMPACT DECISIONS FOR ADULT
EDUCATION. AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED
AT THE STUDENT FOCUSED FUNDING
FORMULA WOULD CUT ARE NON CREDIT
PROGRAMS BY FIFTY PERCENT IF IT
WENT THROUGH AS AS AS IT IS NOW
SO WE ARE WORKING. ON WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO
ENSURE FUNDING FOR NON CREDIT.
I AM RETAINS AT THE SAME
APPORTIONMENT LEVEL IS IT'S
RECEIVING NOW IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS
WITH ADULT EDUCATION BLOCK GRANT
FUNDS THANK YOU.
DRINK IT OUGHT TO WITH THE LOS
ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
IN IN TERMS OF ADULT EDUCATION
WE SUPPORT THE COLA. AYE AS IT
RELATED TO ADULT EDUCATION AND
WE WOULD ALSO CALLING FUNDING
INCREASES AS WELL SO YOU'LL SEE
THAT AS A PART OF OUR. LAUSD
BUDGET LETTER I IN TERMS OF
MINIMUM STRUCK THEIR
QUALIFICATIONS ARE LAUSD
SUPPORTS ALIGNING THOSE OF THE
TO THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL
HELP US DEAL WITH. THE WAITING
LIST OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE
AND THAT'S WELL THAT'S WHAT THE
TEACHER SHORTAGE THANK YOU.
MY FAVORITE COMMENT SO FAR.
MY NAME IS GILBERT ROSE SAUCE
AND THE ENERGY MANAGER FOR
STOPPING UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
I JUST WANT TO BE IN SUPPORT OF
PROP THIRTY NINE WE EXPERIENCED
A LOT OF. RENOVATIONS AND STUFF
THAT WE'VE DONE.
.
IN FACT A YOUTUBE VIDEO I'D LIKE
YOU TO LOOK UP IS STOCKTON
ENERGY PATROL SAVES MILLIONS.
THAT'S KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHAT
THAT THE CHILDREN EVEN
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'VE DONE AND
WHY WE'RE DOING IT AT TE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
DOING YOU KNOW RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND SHOWING HOW THINGS CAN HELP
AROUND THERE AND AND THE
DIFFERENCE IT'S MADE ON SCHOOL
CAMPUSES REALLY GOOD BY THOSE
KIDS AND.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE WATCHED THAT
AND SEE THAT PROPERTY NINE WAS A
GREAT THING FOR US IS A SCHOOL
DISTRICT. AND WE WITH HOLY
SUPPORT EVERYTHING TO US
ENCOURAGE THOSE FUNDS AND DO
MORE.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON OUT JOHN CALLIES
DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND
ENERGY FOR DIXON UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT ON JUST TO SUPPORT WHAT
GILBERT WAS SAYING WE OBVIOUSLY
FULLY SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF
PROP THIRTY NINE. AND TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROP
THIRTY NINE DIXON UNIFIED IS A
FAIRLY SMALL DISTRICT. WE
RECEIVED UNDER A MILLION AND
PROP THIRTY NINE FUNDS HOWEVER
WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY
LEVERAGE THAT. YOU SEVERAL
MODERNIZATION PROJECTS WHICH
INCLUDED HVAC AS WELL AS
LIGHTING AND WE HOPE TO DO MORE
BE OUR SAVINGS TO INVESTMENT
RATIO THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER FOR PROP THIRTY NINE
WHICH WAS A DOLLAR ONE BASICALLY
FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT YOU HAVE
A STABLE DOLLAR ONE. WE MENTION
SAVE THREE DOLLARS AND TWENTY
ONE CENTS PER SO THE MONEY IS
BEING SPENT THAT IT'S BEING
SPENT WELL ACROSS THE STATE.
ADDITIONALLY THEY TALKED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT ACROSS THE STATE
THERE REALLY IS NO INVENTORY OF
SCHOOL FACILITIES. ARE INDEX IN
WHICH AGAIN IS A VERY SMALL
DISTRICT WE HAVE IN NEED OF A
HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE MILLION
DOLLARS IN JUST FACILITIES NEEDS
ASSESSMENT.
DISTRICTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE
HAVE THOSE SAME NEEDS AND
pTHAN THAT. SO BY EXTENDING THIS
PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE STATE TO
PUT DOLLARS BACK INTO THE
SCHOOLS THOSE DOLLARS CAN THEN
BE ROLLED BACK INTO ANYTHING
INCLUDING FIRST INSTRUCTION. IT
ALSO CREATES JOBS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT SEEING NO OTHER PEOPLE
RUSH TO THE MICROPHONE I WILL
SEE YOU ALL NEXT THURSDAY